What is the biggest risk factor for melanoma?
About 90% of all melanomas are attributed to excess exposure to sunlight. The more time people spend in the sun, especially during youth, the higher their chance of getting this type of cancer. People who have had a severe blistering sunburn – especially as a child – have a higher risk of getting melanoma. People with fair skin get skin cancer more often. There also seems to be a hereditary form of melanoma. It is not very common, though. The current thinking is that sunlight exposure and changes in genes may work together to cause melanoma.
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