A report has unveiled that melanoma rates are up 250% among youngsters, especially females, in America. In the last three decades, melanoma rates have doubled.

Dr. Peter Lee, a melanoma specialist from the University of Minnesota, was of the view that after breast cancer, melanoma is one of the most common cancers from which women suffer. However, then also people go to tanning salons to get tanned.

Women aged between 15 and 29 are the most vulnerable. Melanoma was responsible for two-thirds of cases diagnosed in 2011. "The good news about the research published is that even though there was an increase in melanoma among women, the cure rate is fairly high, something like 95 percent", said Lee.

Lee affirmed that with advancement of technology, the treatment has become quite easy and advancements have also come in detection tools, like dermatoscope.

Amongst all, non-Latino whites were found to be having the highest incidence of melanoma, with 24.6 cases for every 100,000 people. Last in the list were African-Americans, with 1 case per 100,000 people and Asians and Pacific Islanders, who had 1.3 cases per 100,000 people.

As per the report, through age 49, women were more likely to be diagnosed with melanoma. One of the main reasons for the same is popularity of indoor tanning salons among younger white women. A 2013 study published in JAMA Internal Medicine stated that around one-third white women between 16 and 25 visit a tanning parlor at least once a year.