The cancer, the more young men to kill

CANCER

by Paige Greenfield July 10, 2013, 04:02 EDT

Could their Mole be something more?

Here is a shocking stat of skin cancer: men under 40 years of age are 55 percent more likely, melanoma than women in the same age group die, says a new study in the journal of the American Medical Association.

Previous research shows women have the edge, if it comes, to survive melanoma goes - the most serious form of skin cancer - but most of the studies focused on middle-aged and older adults more likely to develop the disease in the first place. But in the new study, researchers looked at men and women ages 15 to 39.

In the face of the women to beat, if they notice an abnormality, faster than the guys do their M.D. it can easily survive difference to women get their cancers detected early Cretaceous be. But that's not exactly the case, says study author Susan Swetter, MD, Stanford University Medical Center & Cancer Institute.

When researchers factors that survive, such as tumor thickness, position the melanoma and whether the cancer has spread concern adjusted, the results remained the same. And even if men less deadly tumors characteristics than women, guys fared even worse. For example, the men with the thinnest melanomas were almost twice as likely as women to die.

"Our results present further evidence that can contribute a biological mechanism, the gender differences in the Melanoma survive," says Sweather, although she sure not what it could be. Differences in the sex hormones, vitamin D metabolism and immune regulation all the possibilities which require further investigation, says she.

For now, your best chance of staying alive, to prevent melanoma first and foremost is: slap on sunscreen are you in the Sun at all times, avoid solarium at any price and your document to see if you notice changing moles or skin lesions, which look different than the rest. "It can end up being a harmless finding, but early detection of Melanoma could save your life" Sweather says. For more advice from top dermatologists, follow these 8 smart tips to save your skin.

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