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It’s true that people with darker skin have a lower risk of melanoma. But as a recent study of non-Hispanic black Americans showed, it’s also true that non-Hispanic blacks are more likely to have lower survival rates than non-Hispanic whites when they're diagnosed. That’s partly because not enough people—including doctors—know the risk for melanoma on darker skins or what to look for, ACS researchers said in a recent study.

Colorectal cancer is being diagnosed more often in the United States among adults younger than age 55. Does this mean more of them are getting colorectal cancer? Or are doctors finding it more often because more younger adults are having colonoscopies? Learn about this study from American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers.