First signs of a levelling off in incidence trends in malignant melanoma in younger generations

A paper by scientists of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) published in the International Journal of Cancer analysed incidence trends in malignant melanoma worldwide and observed the first signs of a levelling off in younger generations. The paper by Erdmann et al. analysed time trends in 84 population‐based cancer registries in 39 countries to examine how risk patterns changed globally over the period 1953‐2008. Read the IARC news item here.