Australia and New Zealand have the highest incidence and mortality rates of melanoma in the world, according to Australia's Department of Health and Aging. In those two countries, the risk of developing melanoma before the age of 75 is 1 in 24 for males and 1 in 34 for females.The sun in the Holy Land of Israel is very bright and hot, and Israel happens to have reported it having the second highest skin cancer rate in the world.
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Australians and Kiwis battling skin cancer today have their fair British and European ancestors to blame (in part), according to experts. Migration patterns over the past few hundred years have created a scenario in which most people's skin pigmentations are no longer suited to their environments--as is the case with Australians' and New Zealanders' ancestors coming, in large part, from the British Isles. Fair-skinned populations that migrated to areas with high ambient levels of solar ultraviolet radiation have experienced a jump in the incidence of both melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers, Lucas says.
Source: World's Skin Cancer Hot Spots
The skin cancer rate in Israel is among the highest in the world, the Israel Cancer Association reported yesterday. At the end of 2000 there were 3,631 skin cancer patients in Israel and around 200 die every year from the disease.
Israel is second after Australia for occurences of malignant melanoma, according to the Health Ministry report covering 1998 to 2000. There are 14.8 cases of malignant melanoma in Israel per 100,000 men and 14.4 cases per 100,000 women. This is less than half the rate in Australia but higher than in North America, double the rate in the European Union and up to 14 times higher than on all other continents.
Source: Israel's skin cancer rate second highest in the world
Israeli young people are at risk of “inviting” skin cancer, including the most dangerous type – melanoma – by paying to use sunbeds.But the blessing from a disease such as skin cancer, is that more and more modest clothing are promoted as a result to bring more skin coverage for men, women and children. How ironic! Baruch Hashem.
Although the rate of early diagnosis of skin cancer has more than tripled to 36 percent since the Israel Cancer Association launched its awareness week in the early 1990s, the disease has persisted. Every week, 100 new cases are reported, and while the prevalence among women remains steady, it is increasing among men.
The ICA has noticed, however, that French immigrants in Jerusalem, Netanya, Ashdod, Tel Aviv and Ra’anana tend to “get addicted” to the Israeli sunshine and should beware.
Israeli young people are at risk of “inviting” skin cancer, including the most dangerous type – melanoma – by paying to use sunbeds whose ultraviolet rays can cause changes in the skin cells’ DNA. In Britain and Scandinavia, the use of tanning beds by children ages 11 to 17 is frequent. Such habits raise the risk of melanoma by 75%, said Dr. Felix Pavlotzky, a senior dermatologist at Sheba Medical Center.
Research at Stanford University has shown that once one has had melanoma and been lucky enough to have recovered, the risk of having a relapse is nine times higher than if one never had this type of skin cancer. In addition, the risk of these individuals contracting lymphoma, breast cancer or prostate cancer was also much higher after having melanoma, according to a new study.
Source: Skin cancer rate among men is on the rise
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May 28, 2011
The family doctor gave him a once over for any skin problems and saw a large mole on his shoulder with black spots. She sent him to a skin doc who did an immediate biopsy. The answer came back: Melanoma! ...
