RISK FACTORS (for melanoma appearance)

faktori rizika

  • Bright skin, red and blond hair, bright eyes
  • Sunburn before the age of 20
  • Cogenital moles
  • Atypical moles (large, asymmetrical, uneven colors and borders)
  • More than 50 moles on skin
  • Appearance of many maculas on back
  • Appearance of melanoma in the closest family
  • High level of exposure to solar radiation and UV rays at tenning salons.
  • Weak immunity system (persons with leuchemia, other carcinoma, HIV possitive, after organ transpantation, use of medicines that minimize immunity)
  • Carcinogene substances (ugljeni katran, kreozot, neki pesticidi i herbicidi, radijum)
  • The risk of melanom appearance grows with the ages and the it is in general bigger for men than for women.