No young Brits will die of skin cancer by the year 2050, experts predict

NO young Brits will die of skin cancer by the year 2050, experts predict.

Almost all deaths will be in those over 70.

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Scientists said better awareness of the sun’s dangers and likely new treatments will prevent thousands of fatalities.

Around 2,500 Brits a year die from malignant melanoma – a thousand of them under the age of 70.

Many suffered skin damage during package holiday trips in the seventies and eighties.

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Boffins at the International Prevention Research Institute in Lyon, France, calculated future deaths based on current trends.

The chances of dying from cancerous moles will fall by 2050.

But a growing population means total deaths will rise.

Researcher Prof Philippe Autier told a cancer conference in Amsterdam: “As time passes, melanoma deaths will become steadily rarer in people younger than 50 years.

“After 2050, practically all of them will occur in people over the age of 70.”