Findings come amid concerns over side effects from PFAS water contamination in communities nationwide, especially near military bases and firefighting training locations where AFFF foam was routinely released into the environment.
Only high risk patients appear to benefit from visual skin cancer screening, researchers found
Researchers plan a second phase to the study to hopefully determine what is causing the elevated cancer rates among air crew and ground crew.
Researchers say consumers should either reconsider getting monthly manicures which involve salon nail dryers or use some kind of UV protection on their hands during such procedures.
However, higher household incomes, with more access to indoor tanning, showed an increased melanoma risk.
Eating 1.5 ounces of fish per day carried a 23% increased risk of melanoma skin cancer, researchers found
Xeljanz, Jakafi and other JAK inhibitors were linked to an increased risk of melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma and Merkel cell carcinoma
skin cancer, particularly melanoma, is a significant cause of death for immunosuppressed solid organ transplant recipients, researchers warn.
