Indoor tanning is associated with a 74 percent higher risk of melanoma, researchers said.
New study warns that indoor tanning can raise risk of melanoma by 74 percent.
And, in a large case-control study, some forms of indoor tanning machines were associated with a four-fold increase in the risk of skin cancer, according to DeAnn Lazovich, of the University of Minnesota, and colleagues.
The risk rose depending on years of use, hours of use, or number of sessions, Lazovich and colleagues said online in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
The finding “provides strong support” for a recent declaration by the World Health Organization’s cancer research agency that the devices are carcinogenic, the researchers concluded.
“The take-home message is that indoor tanning is not safe,” Lazovich said in a video prepared by the University of Minnesota.
Tanning salons are increasingly popular in the U.S. and their rise has been paralleled by increasing incidence of melanoma, the researchers noted.
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