Female skin cancer spikes 800 percent; increase reveals alarming tanning trends

Source: FOX 8 Cleveland, August 2019

The most common cancer in the United States has spiked 800 percent among women, and indoor tanning may play a large role in that increase, according to new research.

The research was presented at the 2019 American Academy of Dermatology Summer Meeting, according to the American Academy of Dermatology website. it shows that between 1970 and 2009, rates of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, went up 800 percent among women between the ages of 18 and 39.

Basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma rates also increased by 145 percent and 263 percent.