Alarmingly, skin cancer rates are rising, possibly due to global warming.
Skin cancers are rare in Africa and Asia, but study featllr of African
countries could see a 96% increase of cases in the next two decades.Melanoma of the skin is particularly common across northern and southern parts of Europe, North America and Australia. There are two main types of
skin cancer, non-melanoma skin cancer and malignant melanoma, and rates of
both types are on the rise. The World Health Organization (WHO) Global
Cancer Observatory predicts global increases in skin cancer between
2020-2040.A review by Elsevier and the Women’s Dermatological Society said there
was “strong circumstantial evidence that factors related to climate change
globally and will continue to impose a negative influence on skin cancer
incidence for many decades to come.”
Skin cancers are rare in Africa and Asia, but study featllr of African
countries could see a 96% increase of cases in the next two decades.Melanoma of the skin is particularly common across northern and southern parts of Europe, North America and Australia. There are two main types of
skin cancer, non-melanoma skin cancer and malignant melanoma, and rates of
both types are on the rise. The World Health Organization (WHO) Global
Cancer Observatory predicts global increases in skin cancer between
2020-2040.A review by Elsevier and the Women’s Dermatological Society said there
was “strong circumstantial evidence that factors related to climate change
globally and will continue to impose a negative influence on skin cancer
incidence for many decades to come.”
