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Melanoma is overdiagnosed at alarming rates. Heres what to know. - National Geographic Premium (No paywall) More than 80,000 Americans are told each year they have melanoma skin cancer. If that sounds like a lot, it’s because the numbers are six times higher than they were 40 years ago. But rather than resulting from increased environmental risk factors or more thorough detection, experts increasingly attribute the jump to overdiagnosis. A recent paper published in the journal BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine adds to mounting evidence that the majority of people in the United States are receiving melanoma diagnoses unnecessarily. The research suggests that though cells biopsied from their skin may look abnormal under the microscope, they are unlikely to lead to current or future health problems.
The researchers conclude that 65 percent of white women and 50 percent of white men are overdiagnosed after they compared overall mortality rates with the lifetime risk of receiving a melanoma diagnosis. The study was limited to white people, a group significantly more likely to develop the disease.
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