Sun Protection for Infants - SkinCancer.org
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PEDIATRICS
- Melanoma is nine times more common between the ages of 10 and 20 than it is between birth and 10 years.
- Ninety percent of pediatric melanoma cases occur in patients aged 10-19.
- 6.5 percent of pediatric melanomas occur in non-Caucasians, which is a higher percentage than that seen in adults.
- Melanoma accounts for up to three percent of all pediatric cancers.
- Between 1973 and 2001, melanoma incidence in those under age 20 rose 2.9 percent.
- Diagnosis and treatment is delayed in up to 40 percent of childhood melanoma cases.
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