eli5: Why does black skin almost never suffer from skin cancer ? Isn’t melanin being present mean anyone could be affected?
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Nurse here. People of color absolutely do get skin cancer and their long term survival rate may be less than white people. People of color have more UV protection and get skin cancers less than whites, but it can be harder to detect and people of color are also affected more in other social determinants of health which affect things like availability and access to healthcare and honestly so many other factors that I highly encourage you to learn as much as you can.
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