10 important facts about melanoma * Everyone is at risk for developing melanoma * There is no effective treatment available for advanced melanoma * One in 50 people will develop melanoma in 2010 * More than one person dies from melanoma every hour * Melanoma and skin cancer is the fastest growing form of all cancers in the U.S., yet remains the most underfunded of all cancers by federal and private agencies. * Over one million new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each year, outnumbering the total number of other cancers combined * A person’s risk for melanoma doubles if he or she has had five sunburns at any age * First exposure to tanning beds in youth increases melanoma risk by 75 percent * Melanoma is the most common cancer killer of young women, even more common than breast cancer in ages 30-34 * There has been a 2000% increase in melanoma incidence since 1930 Sources: Melanoma International Foundation, American Melanoma Foundation, Melanoma.com, Skin Cancer Foundation