BMJ-British Medical Journal

Quarter of a million children in England at risk of skin cancer from sunbeds

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, November 26th, 2009

An estimated quarter of a million 11-17 year olds in England are being put at increased risk of developing malignant melanoma by using sunbeds, warn researchers in a letter to this week's BMJ.

Catherine Thomson from Cancer Research UK and Professor Chris Twelves from Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine & St James's University Hospital in Leeds, say that sunbeds raise serious issues, and they call for urgent legislation to stop children in England using sunbeds, as is already in place in Scotland and proposed for Wales.

They point to two studies, recently carried out by Cancer Research UK involving over 9000 children aged 11-17 in England.

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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2009-11-26)

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