Tattoos and Skin Cancer Research

The research question of the week is do people with tattoos have an increased risk of skin cancer? Let me tell you what I found.

In a study published in Lancet Oncology, researchers examined the medical literature for case studies on tattoos and skin cancers of various types (1). They found 50 cases; 16 of them were melanoma. That doesn’t seem to be an overwhelming number of skin cancer cases when you consider the 60 million or so people who have tattoos. The researchers concluded that at this point, the number of cases of skin cancer is more likely . . .

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