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Sunbed users are still at risk of skin cancer even if they do not burn their skin, according to a new study.
Researchers found sunbeds significantly increased the risk of a common type of skin cancer, which is caused by repeated tanning rather than burning.
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) accounts for 20% of skin cancers.
The academics, from Dundee University and Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands, will present their findings at a conference in Edinburgh.
The researchers said warnings about sunbeds often focused on melanoma, which is associated with burning and accounts for just 1% of all skin cancers.
SCC is the second most common skin cancer, and is caused by repeated tanning.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28997320
Researchers found sunbeds significantly increased the risk of a common type of skin cancer, which is caused by repeated tanning rather than burning.
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) accounts for 20% of skin cancers.
The academics, from Dundee University and Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands, will present their findings at a conference in Edinburgh.
The researchers said warnings about sunbeds often focused on melanoma, which is associated with burning and accounts for just 1% of all skin cancers.
SCC is the second most common skin cancer, and is caused by repeated tanning.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28997320