But ITA's Overstreet believes the evidence is more ambiguous, citing a British study from last year that consulted a cancer registry and found melanoma was more common in areas "not regularly exposed to UV light," such as the trunk or limbs. "You repeat it enough times, it sort of becomes common in the literature," Overstreet says, about the anti-tanning research. "The data on melanoma, skin cancer, is all over the place."



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