• Investigators have identified over time 11 new primary melanomas in the population that had daily sunscreen use and 22 in those who received basically discretionary use of sunscreen.
• Perhaps more important when one looks at the risk for invasive melanomas, there were 3 invasive melanomas in the population who underwent daily sunscreen use and 11 in the control population.
• That was a hazard ratio of 0.27 indicating almost an 80% reduction in the risk for invasive melanoma.
• It was randomized, with long-term follow-up, and there’s very little question about the potential clinical relevance of a substantial reduction in the risk for invasive melanomas.
• This proves that the use of daily sunscreen in individuals who are going to be exposed to sun on a regular basis and certainly in those individuals who have a particularly high risk for the development of melanoma, such as fair skin.

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