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No. Melanoma can occur in people who have always avoided excessive sun exposure, just as lung cancer can occur in people who have never smoked, and never lived with a smoker. But the rate of melanoma is much higher in people who have been "sun worshipers" all their lives.
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How do people get melanoma?
Melanoma is usually caused by exposure to sun light. Please use sunscreen every day, no matter the weather.
What role does sun exposure have in non-Caucasian patients who develop malignant melanoma?
Malignant melanoma also affects non-Caucasians--though sun exposure probably does not play a role--at a rate of 10% that of Caucasians.
What is the environmental factor that causes a predispostion to malignant melanoma?
The environmental factor is excessive sun exposure.
Why has there been a recent increase in the incidence of primary cutaneous malignant melanoma?
The incidence of primary cutaneous malignant melanoma has been steadily increasing, possibly related to increase of sun exposure.
What is the risk factor for non-melanoma skin cancer?
The subtype also may influence where the tumor develops; lentigo melanoma is more common on the face while acral lentiginous melanoma is more common on the palms of the hand, soles of the feet, or in the nail beds.
How do you stop your selfs from getting melanoma?
You cannot stop yourself from getting melanoma once it starts. Surgery is the only option, but you can help to prevent it by keeping your sun exposure to a minimum and using a sunscreen or sunblock.
Why do you have freckels?
I don't. But if I did, it would be as a result of pigment in the skin called melanoma collecting abnormally after exposure to the sun. Babies are not born with freckles. They appear only after sun damage.
Can solar panels cause skin cancer?
Too much exposure to the sun without protection can give you skin cancer (melanoma).
Skin cancer is caused by exposure to what?
UV ray's from the sun
Why does sun exposure increase the risk for malignant melanoma?
The melanocytes are part of the integument's photoprotective mechanism; in response to sunlight, they produce melanin that has a protective role from the sun's ultraviolet rays.
What effect can repeated sun exposure have on your skin?
Through sunbathing, you can develop skin cancer from not wearing sun cream, wrinkles, dark spots on the skin and lots of freckles
What type of cancer is caused by ultraviolet rays?
skin Melanoma Both ultraviolet radiation and damaging oxygen radicals caused by sun exposure may damage cells, particularly their DNA. It is suspected that this damage induces mutations that result in the development of malignant melanoma. Though these mutations are alterations of the genome causing the melanoma, they are environmentally induced and account for sporadic or spontaneous cases of this disease.For the source and more detailed information concerning this subject, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below.
