More than 80% of melanin skin cancer – which is witnessing an increase but can be prevented in general – is attributed to UV exposure, according to a study conducted by researchers at the International Cancer Research Agency and published on Tuesday.
Of the 332,000 melanoma in various parts of the world in 2022, approximately 267 thousand cases were caused by UV rays, or 83% of cases, according to the study published in the International Journal of Cancer “IJC”. Melanin skin cancer caused the death of 58,700 people in 2022.
The International Cancer Research Agency indicated in a statement that the percentage of ultraviolet -related cases was higher in men (86%) of them in women (79%).
The World Health Organization specialized agency pointed out that “the burden caused by the leather melanoma varies greatly from one region to another in the world, due to the various levels of exposure to UV rays and the high risk of infection in the population with light skin.”
The areas with higher rates of this cancer caused by UV (more than 95%) are Australia, New Zealand, Northern Europe and North America.
While the leather melanoma was a “rare disease in the past”, the increased exposure to UV rays during the recent decades of skin tanning, and travel to areas with high radiation and other factors caused a sharp rise in cases of this disease, especially among the people with light skin, according to the International Agency for Cancer Research.
Population growth and aging
Despite the low rates of infection in young generations in a large number of countries where the rates were from above throughout history, population and aging growth is expected to lead to a significant net increase in the number of melanoma -diagnosed skin cancer that is diagnosed annually.
According to the World Health Organization, there are recent expectations indicating more than 510 thousand new injuries and 96 thousand deaths in 2040, with an increase of 50% and 68%, respectively.
However, the main preparedness of the study, Oliver Langcenus, stressed in a statement that “most cases of leather melanoma can be prevented,” especially stressing “the urgent need to intensify the efforts related to sun prevention”, especially in high -risk areas and the elderly population.
The melanin tumor is dangerous, and it looks like a mole but it often has certain properties such as asymmetry, irregular edges, multiple colors, inflation or change in shape.
While the number of new cases increases annually steadily over the two decades to three decades, the detection tests improve it, and new treatments have appeared for it.