article_snippet.sent: Pensioners are seven times more likely to develop serious skin cancer today than Pensioners were 40 years ago, research shows.
article_snippet.sent: According to Cancer Research UK, men aged 65 and over are around ten times more likely to be diagnosed with malignant melanoma than those of men parents’ generation.
article_snippet.sent: Pensioners are seven times more likely to develop serious skin cancer today than Pensioners were 40 years ago, research shows .
article_snippet.sent: Around 5,700 pensioners are now diagnosed with melanoma each year in UK compared with just 600 a year four decades ago.
article_snippet.sent: Many of the patients being diagnosed today suffered cancer-causing sunburn when they were young, experts said last night.
article_snippet.sent: Overall, 55.2 of every 100,000 people aged over 65 are diagnosed with skin cancer every year.
article_snippet.sent: Around 13,300 people across a wide range of ages are diagnosed with malignant melanoma in the UK each year making it the country’s fifth most common cancer overall and the second most common cancer in young adults aged 15 to 34.
article_snippet.sent: Professor Richard Marais, Cancer Research UK’s skin cancer expert:
article_snippet.sent: ‘ItCancer Research UK’s worrying to see melanoma rates increasing at such a fast pace, and across all age groups.
article_snippet.sent: Melanoma is often detected on menCancer Research UK’s backs and women’s legs but can appear on any part of the body.
article_snippet.sent: Cancer Research UK’s head of health information, said: ‘Many cases of malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, are preventable by taking precautions in the sun and making sure you don’t burn.
article_snippet.sent: n’t think there was much understanding at the time about the impact that too much sun can have on your risk of getting skin cancer.
highlights_snippet.sent: Around 5,700 pensioners now diagnosed with melanoma each year in UK .