The differences in skin cancer knowledge among racial lines

Filed under: Skin Cancer

Do different races have different outlooks on the possibility of developing skin cancer? With so many skin pigments among the world's human races, it would make sense for darker-skinned citizens to proclaim that they are more protected from skin cancer than from light-skinned individuals.

At least in Florida, this is the thinking. White Hispanic teens, when surveyed, were more likely to use tanning beds and less likely to consider themselves at risk for skin cancer. White Caucasian teens, though, were more apt to use some kind of protection to help them battle overexposure to sunlight.

The research here seems to indicate that differences in knowledge and behavior between races with white skin (but with different racial backgrounds) have an effect on skin cancer development(s). Prevention measures are a least partially to blame here, as well as early (and often, faulty) gathering of knowledge related to the risks of developing skin cancer.

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[Source: The Cancer Blog]