Incidence of skin cancer in young people in Sweden after a decade of growth, it declined for the first time, but research also shows that this Scandinavian country is the first in Europe to record such progress.

The risk of skin cancer decreases in people younger than 50, says Hildur Helgadottir, associate professor of oncology at the Karolinska Institute and lead author of the study published in the medical journal JAMA Dermatology.

- That decline can probably be largely attributed to the increased awareness of the need to protect the skin from the sun and the less frequent use of tanning beds - she said, adding that "somewhere in 2015 there was a clear and significant reversal of the trend".

- Before 2015, there was an average increase in skin cancer of 5 percent per year among people in their thirties, but since 2015 it has decreased by an average of five percent per year - Helgadottir pointed out.

According to her, one of the reasons is the fact that young people today spend more time indoors with mobile phones and computers, which is why they are less exposed to the sun.

The decrease in mortality among younger people is attributed to both the decrease in the incidence of skin cancer and the introduction of new anticancer drugs that have improved the prognosis of the disease.

- Among the elderly, mortality does not decrease because the frequency of the disease is still very high - said Professor Helgadottir.