Deaths from skin cancer are higher in men than in women

According to the researchers, the global mortality rate from melanoma – the most serious type of skin cancer – has risen sharply since 1985. The female mortality rate has increased more slowly, or even decreased, according to the researchers, including one of Indian origin.

This may be because men are less likely to protect themselves from the sun or to participate in melanoma awareness and prevention campaigns, the researchers noted.

"The main risk factor for melanoma is overexposure to ultraviolet radiation, either through exposure to the sun or through the use of sun loungers," said Dorothy Yang, a young physician at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
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"Despite public health efforts to promote melanoma awareness and encourage smart behaviors in the sun, the incidence of melanoma has increased in recent decades," Yang added.
The results were presented at the NCRI cancer conference in Glasgow.

For the study, the team studied mortality rates in the 33 countries between 1985 and 2015, taking into account the aging of the population and other younger countries.

Overall, the highest average three-year mortality rates from 2013 to 2015 were observed in Australia (5.72 per 100,000 men and 2.53 per 100,000 women) and in Slovenia (3.86 for men and 2.58 for women), the lowest in Japan (0.24 for men and 0.18 for women).

However, the Czech Republic is the only country where the team found a decline in the melanoma mortality rate among men, with an estimated annual decrease of 0.7% per year between 1985 and 2015..

In addition, Israel and the Czech Republic recorded the largest decrease in the female mortality rate, by 23.4% and 15.5% respectively.

"This study shows that melanoma mortality rates are stabilizing or decreasing in Poulam Patel, a professor at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, has noted an increase in the mortality rate among men over the past 30 years. years, especially in women, but in almost all countries.

to understand The reason for this trend, but in the meantime, more targeted public health efforts on men may be needed to raise public awareness of disease and intelligent behavior, noted the team.