White people are diagnosed more with the deadly skin cancer known as melanoma and Hispanics and blacks are much less likely to be diagnosed with the growth. Reports however stated that Blacks if found with the cancer were at an advanced stage.

Researchers from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine conducted a study led by Sasha Hu, MD, under which 41,072 cases of melanoma between 1990 and 2004 from the Florida Cancer Data System were noticed.

Results showed that the Hispanic and black patients, however, had more advanced cases of melanoma. Eighteen per cent of Hispanics and 26 percent of blacks had the most advanced kinds of cases, compared to 12 percent among non-Hispanic whites.

“Melanoma among darker-skinned populations has received little attention, partly reflecting their overall lower risk compared with white non-Hispanics,” researchers from the university wrote.

Melanoma is the deadliest form of cancer in the U. S. Melanoma in white women increased by 3.6 per cent per year during observations done for 14 years, in Hispanic women it was rising by 3.4 per cent. Incidence in white men rose by 3.0 percent but it was only 0.89 percent in Hispanic men.