卫生类A级：完形填空Skin Cancer Now Top
Melanoma， the deadliest kind of skin cancer， is now the most common cancer
in young(1)women， the countrys leading cancer organization said Wednesday. Skin
cancer has(2)cervical cancer as the top cancer striking women in their 20s，
according to the latest data from Cancer Research United Kingdom.The trend is
particularly(3)since younger people are not generally those most susceptible to
melanoma. Rates of skin cancer are(4)highest in people over age 75.But experts
worry that increasing numbers of younger people being diagnosed with skin cancer
could be the( 5 )of a dangerous trend. Women(6 )their 20s make up a small
percentage of all patients diagnosed with melanoma in Britain， but nearly a
third of all cases occur in people younger than 50.Based on current numbers，
Cancer Research UK predicts that melanoma will become the fourth most common
cancer for men and women of all(7)by 2024， and that cases will jump from about
9，000 cases a year to more than 15，500.Cancer experts(8)the rising number of
skin cancer cases largely to the surge in people using tanning salons. "Spending
time on sunbeds is just(9) dangerous as staying out too long in the sun，" said
Caroline Cerny of Cancer Research UK. The organization is starting a SunSmart
campaign to warn Britons of the(10)of being too bronzed."The intensity of UV
rays" in some sunbeds can be more than 10 times(11)than the midday sun，" Cerny
said.In the United States， several states require parental approval(12 )minors
can use tanning salons. Wisconsin bans people 16 and(13) from using tanning
beds， and others ban children under(14). At least 29 states have -regulations
governing minors use of tanning salons.In the U. K. ， Scottish politicians
passed legislation banning those under 18 from using tanning beds， though it
hasnt yet been implemented. There are no plans for 14 in the rest of the
U.K.The World Health Organization has previously recommended that tanning beds
be regulated because of their potential to damage DNA in the skin.Experts said
most deadly skin cancers could be(15) if people took the proper precautions when
in the sun and avoided tanning beds.
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