Source: Docwirenews, May 2025
In Canada, cutaneous melanoma is the eighth most common cancer, with more than 11,000 cases projected in 2024. To better understand the rising incidence of cutaneous melanoma in Canada, researchers conducted a study that highlights significant demographic and socioeconomic disparities in sun protection behavior and UV exposure across the country.
The results were published in BMJ Public Health.
The researchers sampled 77,209 individuals aged 18 years or older using data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), which includes an optional sun safety component, between 2011 and 2018. The analysis participants were not living with cancer at the time of response