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Article: SKIN CANCER: UNCOVERED: What Is It? How Can You Get It? How Can You Prevent It?
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- New Nation
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- May 26, 2008
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The word on Health
Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in the UK, affecting 60,000 people in England and Wales every year - and the number of people who get it is increasing with around 2,300 fatal incidents of skin cancer each year.
The increase is thought to be due to a rise in the number of people taking holidays in hot climates. The growing popularity of the 'tanned look' made famous by singers, models and film stars has also been associated with more people using tanning booths and sun lamps.
Despite the popular myth, black skin is not completely safe from skin cancer. In fact, recent research carried out in the US suggests that people with dark skin are actually more likely ...