At just the right time of year, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have managed to find some discouraging news for dark-eyed, dark-haired people who have always thought their ability to tan up in a matter of minutes would protect them from melanoma: It might, but it might not. It depends on genes, and you can’t see genes.
HealthDay reports that scientists examined 779 people with melanoma and 325 people who did
not have melanoma, looking for a variant of the melanocortin-1 receptor gene (MCIR), which puts people who have dark hair, dark eyes and who tan easily at more than twice the risk of
getting melanoma as those with similar complexions who don’t have the
variant. They found that those who had dark eyes and an MCIR variant had a about a threefold greater risk of developing melanoma than did those with dark eyes but
no variant. Those who did not freckle but who had the high-risk variant
had an eightfold increased risk, and those who tanned moderately or
deeply after repeated sun exposure had about twice the risk.
What to do? Wear sun protection.
And read more in HealthDay.
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