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Tanning beds triple melanoma risk, potentially causing broad DNA damage
December 12, 2025
EVANSTON, Illinois, Dec. 12 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release:

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Tanning beds triple melanoma risk, potentially causing broad DNA damage

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* Study analyzed thousands of medical records to compare melanoma rates in tanning bed users vs. non-users, and sequenced 182 skin biopsies from tanning bed users and controls

* Tanning bed users carried double the mutation burden of controls

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