Conclusions
Despite alarmingly increasing skin cancer rates in the United States and many other countries, the results of this study demonstrate that widespread and consistent sun protective behavior is lacking among junior tennis players. By identifying concrete shortcomings, our results provide a rationale for the development of targeted educational campaigns to increase skin cancer risk awareness and more effective preventive measures in junior tennis players.
The results of this study were submitted for publication in a high impact medical journal and are currently under review by the editors. We will publish a preprint here as soon as the paper is accepted for publication and we have permission to share the results publicly.