Sunscreen shown to reduce cases of pre-invasive and invasive melanoma.

A study in Austalia followed 1,621 people from 1992 until 2006 to see if daily application of sunscreen reduced the risk of melanoma.  The researchers found that those volunteers who used sunscreen daily had a 50% reduction in melanomas detected.  The melanomas that were detected in the treated group also were less likely to be invasive. The results suggest that daily use of sunscreen can significantly reduce the risk of melanoma.