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ENJOY THE SUN-
BUT
BY KELLY CASEY

MELANOMA STRIKES YOUNG

Half of all melanoma cases occur in those younger than 50.
Dr. Slingluff is seeing melanoma more often strike people
in their 20s. "We do see some young women who've been
in the sun a lot or tanned a lot. It's wise not to do that."
While sun protection is key, it's also important to look
for changes on your skin. "Melanoma can arise straight
out of the skin but can also arise from a normal mole,"
Dr. Slingluff says. "Some people had a mole their whole
life and got used to it, and then they get to be 50 and it
changes. Change of a mole can be a sign that it's converting
to melanoma." *

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njoying the great outdoors is one of the healthiest
things we can do. But we also need to remember
that sun exposure can lead to cancer. Up to
90 percent of melanomas are caused by DNA mutations
triggered by ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Whether from the
sun or tanning devices, UV radiation is ranked among
plutonium and cigarettes as known carcinogens by the
International Agency for Research on Cancer.
Invasive melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer,
is striking a record number of Americans. More than
100,000 cases of invasive melanoma could be diagnosed
this year, and the Skin Cancer Foundation says diagnoses have increased almost 50 percent from a decade ago.
Fair-skinned people are by far most at risk. With a
rate of 27 per 100,000 among non-Hispanic
whites in the U.S., our incidence
rivals what we used to see in
Australia (which has banned
indoor tanning).
"Sun protection is so
important," says Craig
Slingluff, MD, a UVA
Cancer Center doctor
who has devoted his
career to caring for patients
with melanoma and looking
for better ways to fight melanoma. "Doing the things
you love to do in the sun is
important. But making a
special point to get sun just
to have darker skin is asking for extra trouble."



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