'BINGE TANNERS' SEND CANCER TOLL SOARING; Melanoma cases top 10,000 a year.Byline: Jane Kirby THE number of people diagnosed with the deadliest form of skin cancer has topped 10,000 a year, figures showed yesterday. Cancer Research UK have found that binge tanning at home and abroad has contributed to the rise in people developing malignant melanoma Malignant Melanoma Definition Malignant melanoma is a type of cancer arising from the melanocyte cells of the skin. Melanocytes are cells in the skin that produce a pigment called melanin. . The number of annual cases rose by more than 650, taking the total to 10,410 in 2006, the most recent figure available. Sara Hiom, Cancer Research UK's director of health information, said: "Most melanoma skin cancers are caused by overexposure overexposure too long an exposure time or too high a milliamperage causing too black a picture, loss of detail and some anomalies of translucency. to UV rays given off by the sun and sunbeds. But if people are careful not to redden red·den v. red·dened, red·den·ing, red·dens v.tr. To make red. v.intr. 1. To become red. 2. To blush. or burn, then most cases of malignant melanoma could be prevented." The charity found that women are more likely to be diagnosed with malignant melanoma than men but that men are more likely to die from the cancer. |
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