Study: Family history links skin cancer

LOS ANGELES Researchers in Australia found that having an identical twin with melanoma increased a person's risk of developing the disease almost 10 times when compared to people with a fraternal twin.

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The second study out of UCLA found that people were more likely to develop different types of non-melanoma skin cancers if they had a sibling or a parent with similar types of the disease.

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