Australia with higher skin cancer rate

• April 30, 2024

Australians are 13 times more likely to develop skin cancer than the world population in general, according to the study "Cancer in Australia 2010", published the AFP.

The report indicates that the culture of tan Y surfing It has one of the highest rates of melanoma and one of the highest cancer rates. The melanoma is the kind of Cancer of more serious skin and is caused by ultraviolet rays that come from Sun.

The proximity of Australia with the hole in the ozone layer of Antarctica makes it easy for UV rays filter and its inhabitants have a greater exposure risk .

According to the World Health Organization, it is estimated that 132,000 cases of malignant melanoma (the most harmful skin cancer that exists) around the world, and they die approximately 66 thousand people because of this and other types of skin cancer.  

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