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Sunscreen use increases the risk of skin cancer by up to 292%

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Evaluating the underlying claim: "Sunscreen use increases the risk of skin cancer by up to 292%." The best available evidence does not support this claim; major public-health and dermatology sources say sunscreen reduces skin-cancer risk, and the strongest meta-analysis in the provided results found no significant association with melanoma risk. The "up to 292%" figure appears to come from an unverified social-media-derived interpretation rather than authoritative evidence.[1][2][5][6][8]

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Sunscreen use increases the risk of skin cancer by up to 292%

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