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who get the overwhelming majority of melanomas and who are responsible for most of the increase, according to National Cancer Institute data.<\/p>\nTwo American Academy of Dermatology press statements this spring about melanoma incidence appear to directly contradict American Cancer Society statements about the disease and appear to be conflicted by the National Cancer Institute\u2019s own data reports.<\/p>\n
Under scrutiny are AAD statements suggesting that melanoma is increasing \u201cparticularly\u201d among young women when NCI data show that increases are concentrated heavily in older men \u2014 who get the overwhelming majority of melanomas and who are responsible for most of the increase, according to National Cancer Institute data.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe incidence of melanoma has been rising for at least 30 years \u2014 particularly in young white women in most recent years,\u201d the AAD stated in a press release May 2 \u2014 the same month that AAD printed, \u201cThe incidence of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer is increasing at a rapid rate, particularly among young women\u201d in an editorial in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.<\/p>\n
But the American Cancer Society, in its Cancer Facts and Figures Annual report, contradicts AAD\u2019s statement. “During the 1970s the incidence rate of melanoma increased rapidly by about 6% per year. However, from 1981-2000, the rate of increase slowed to 3% per year and since 2000 melanoma incidence has been stable,\u201d ACS reported in its 2008 Cancer Facts and Figures Annual Report. \u201cThe death rate for melanoma has been decreasing rapidly in whites younger than 50, by 3% per year since 1991 in men and by 2.3% per year since 1985 in women.”<\/p>\n
The melanoma mortality rate for men is more than double the rate for women (3.9 per 100,000 vs. 1.7 per 100,000) according to the National Cancer Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two American Academy of Dermatology press statements this spring about melanoma incidence appear to directly contradict American Cancer Society statements about the disease and appear to be conflicted by the National Cancer Institute\u2019s own data reports. Under scrutiny are AAD statements suggesting that melanoma is increasing \u201cparticularly\u201d among young women when NCI data show that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n