{"id":3456,"date":"2025-05-26T09:59:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T09:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curiousdrive.com\/?p=3456"},"modified":"2025-05-28T21:34:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T21:34:06","slug":"men-and-women-are-getting-skin-cancer-on-different-parts-of-their-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/curiousdrive.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/men-and-women-are-getting-skin-cancer-on-different-parts-of-their-bodies\/","title":{"rendered":"Men and women are getting skin cancer on different parts of their bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Your clothing (or lack of it) could be deadly (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Men<\/a> and women<\/a> are developing skin cancer <\/a>on different parts of their bodies \u2014 and our clothing (or lack of it) is to blame.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Blokes across the country might be tempted to ditch their tops at the first sign of sunshine, but 40% of melanomas in men are diagnosed on the torso, according to the latest data, equivalent to around 3,700 cases every year.<\/p>\n

In women, the most common location is the lower limbs (from the hips to the feet), equating to around 3,200 cases every year (35% of all cases). The reason? Our love of skirts and shorts, without applying adequate sun cream.<\/p>\n

The findings, from Cancer Research UK, come alongside projections<\/a> that melanoma skin cancer will rise again this year to 21,300 cases across the UK \u2013 the highest on record. <\/p>\n

Some 87% of melanoma cases \u2013 around 17,100 in the UK each year \u2013 are caused by over-exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which comes from the sun and using sunbeds.<\/p>\n

The analysis looked at data from 2018 to 2021, and found the second most common place for men to develop skin cancer is head and neck (24%), arms and shoulders (20%), and lower limbs, including hips (13%).<\/p>\n

For women, arms and shoulders come in second, accounting for 27% of cases, while the torso was 22% and head and neck 13%.<\/p>\n

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Going shirtless is causing cases to spike in men (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alongside clothing, surface area could also be playing a role, because men\u2019s torsos are typically bigger than women\u2019s, while women\u2019s legs take up a larger proportion of their body surface area.<\/p>\n

Since the early 1990s, melanoma skin cancer incidence rates have increased by two-and-a-half times in the UK. Rates in women have around doubled, while they have tripled in men. By 2040, there could be around 26,500 new cases every year.<\/p>\n

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Common symptoms of skin cancer include a sore or area of skin that:<\/p>\n