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According to a meta-analysis published in 2015 Journal of the American Medical Association reported that pilots and crew members appear to be at higher risk of developing melanoma than the rest of the population. The reason could be that at altitude they are more exposed to UV radiation, but also to cosmic radiation, which is not blocked by the windows or walls of the aircraft.
Melanoma is a serious but rare form of skin cancer.
The authors of this meta-analysis, which included 19 studies with a total of 266,000 participants, estimated that the incidence of melanoma among crew members was twice as high as in the general population (where there are 21.3 new cases of melanoma per 100,000 people annually). according to this analysis).
Because of lifestyle?
However, these researchers, like others before them, note that this higher incidence could also be caused by lifestyle habits (e.g., easy access to sunny destinations) that we would more commonly encounter among pilots and crew members. The question deserves further research.
Finally, it is important to note that these studies relate to cabin crew, who spend much more time at high altitude than the average citizen. Nowhere in the meta-analysis are risks to passengers mentioned.
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