Skin cancer rate for men rises by HALF in ten years
Skin cancer rate for men rises by HALF in ten years: Cases of potentially deadly melanoma are soaring, figures show Rates among men have leapt by 47% in ten years, compared to 30% for women Has been an 8 per cent increase in death rates for men over same time period Experts said figures showed men are more likely to be diagnosed at later stage
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Cases of a potentially deadly skin cancer in men have risen by almost half in a decade, a charity has warned.
Figures show that rates of melanoma among men have leapt by 47 per cent in ten years, compared with a 30 per cent increase among women.
And there has been an 8 per cent increase in death rates for men over the same time period, compared with a 5 per cent drop for women.
Experts said the 'worrying' figures highlighted how men were more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage of the disease, which is the deadliest form of skin cancer.
They urged people to be particularly careful this summer with high levels of staycations expected, warning that the
