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- Melanoma in African Americans:
- Black people are significantly less likely to get melanoma than people of other races due to protective melanocytes in darker skin.
- However, Black people who have melanoma are more likely to die from it.
- Melanoma can develop in any color skin, including black, brown, and olive.
- Black patients are more likely to be diagnosed with melanoma at a late stage than non-Hispanic white patients12345.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.Black people are significantly less likely to get melanoma than people of other races. Darker skin produces more protective melanocytes, reducing the damage of the sun and lowering the risk of cancer. However, Black people who have melanoma are more likely to die from it. Some factors that contribute to this phenomenon include:www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/melanoma-o…Black people are far less likely to develop melanoma than non-Hispanic White people (at a rate of 1 per 100,000 compared to 30 per 100,000) due to the protection that melanin, the body’s natural skin pigment, provides from damaging ultraviolet rays. However, Black people who do develop the cancer have a much lower five-year survival rate.www.aamc.org/news/why-are-so-many-black-patie…Melanoma on dark skin is not related to sun exposure. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that develops most often in fair skin. That may explain the common belief that people of color are at low or no risk for melanoma. In fact, melanoma can develop in any color skin, including black, brown, and olive.www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/types/melanoma/mela…Having lighter skin color is a major risk factor for melanoma. Overall, the lifetime risk of getting melanoma is about 3% (1 in 33) for White people, 0.1% (1 in 1,000) for Black people, and 0.5% (1 in 200) for Hispanic people.www.cancer.org/cancer/types/melanoma-skin-canc…Black patients are more than three times as likely to be diagnosed with melanoma at a late stage than non-Hispanic white patients. 52 percent of non-Hispanic Black patients and 26 percent of Hispanic patients receive an initial diagnosis of advanced-stage melanoma, versus 16 percent of non-Hispanic white patients. 4www.skincancer.org/skin-cancer-information/skin-c… - People also ask
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