Older people are less likely to get skin changes checked by a doctor, leading to a steep rise in cancer deaths, say researchers.
The East of England Cancer Registry reports that deaths from melanoma among the over 65s have tripled in the past 30 years.
The elderly are more likely to be diagnosed when the cancer has spread.
Cancer Research UK says pensioners should keep a close eye on moles and report suspicious changes to GPs.
Melanoma is the most dangerous form of skin cancer, and is linked to cumulative sun exposure over a lifetime.
This means that the over-65s are more likely to develop the disease in the first place. Overlooked However, unlike younger people, the registry data reveals that the classic signs of a cancerous mole are being overlooked among a host of other changes to older skin.
This means that by the time the mole cannot be ignored, the cancer is likely to be at a more advanced stage, making it far harder to treat.
Dr Jem Rashbass, the director of the East of England Cancer Registry, which collates data on cancer to identify trends among the population, said: "Although there have been some improvements in the number of over 65s being diagnosed with melanoma at a late stage, the figures suggest that more needs to be done to raise awareness about skin cancer among this generally retired population."
The registry data revealed that, for every year since 1997, significantly more elderly people have been diagnosed with late-stage melanoma compared with under-65s.
While the death rate among older people rose from four deaths per 100,000 people in 1979 to 11.4 per 100,000 in 2008, the death rate for people aged between 15 and 64 has remained stable.
Sara Hiom, from Cancer Research UK, said: "Melanoma is a largely preventable disease. Summer may be over, but the damage to skin cells shown by sunburn can remain long after the redness fades."
Her colleague Caroline Cerny, from the charity's "Sunsmart" campaign, highlighted the classic warning signs of melanoma.
She said: "If a mole is as big as a pencil-top eraser, bleeds, is sore or itchy, uneven in colour or has jagged edges, then people should visit their GP without delay."
Three senior Fifa officials who will vote on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids took bribes in the 1990s, according to the BBC's Panorama.
Nicolas Leoz, Issa Hayatou and Ricardo Teixeira took the money from a sport marketing firm awarded lucrative World Cup rights, the programme alleges.
The alleged bribes are included in a confidential document listing 175 payments totalling about $100m (£64m).
The three men did not respond to Panorama's allegations.
Fifa, world football's governing body, also declined interview requests to address the allegations. Timing criticised In its programme broadcast on Monday evening, Panorama reported on evidence of a fourth senior Fifa executive's continued involvement in the resale of World Cup tickets to touts.
The BBC has received criticism over the timing of the programme, which comes ahead of Thursday's vote by Fifa's executive committee on who will host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals.
England is competing with Russia, Spain/Portugal and Netherlands/Belgium to host the 2018 tournament.
The BBC has defended the timing of Panorama, saying the programme is in the public interest.
But Andy Anson, the head of England's 2018 bid, told the BBC he was "disappointed with the timing" of the programme.
"It is certainly not going to win us any votes so we just have to see what happens tonight and move on," he said.
He added that members of the Fifa executive committee worked closely with each other "and of course if one of them gets hurt the others feel it. That's just life".
In a statement following the Panorama broadcast, England 2018 said the programme was "an embarrassment" to the BBC.
"We stand by our previous position that the BBC's Panorama did nothing more than rake over a series of historical allegations none of which are relevant to the current bidding process. It should be seen as an embarrassment to the BBC.
"The 2018 team are entirely focused on winning the bid for England."
The alleged bribes to the three members of Fifa's executive committee were paid by sports marketing company International Sport and Leisure (ISL) and date from 1989 to 1999, Panorama reports. The company collapsed in 2001.
Fifa granted ISL exclusive rights to market World Cup tournaments to some of the world's biggest brands and ISL received millions more from negotiating television broadcast rights.
A former account manager at ISL, Roland Buechel, said staff had long suspected bribes were being paid for the lucrative Fifa contracts.
"It is huge money, billions, that can be earned and all the sports marketing companies they fight, they want it," Mr Buechel said.
Some details of the alleged bribes emerged in 2008, when six ISL managers were accused of misusing company money. Front company One Fifa official - Nicolas Leoz, of Paraguay, the head of South America's football confederation - was named in court papers in connection with payments totalling $130,000 (£83,000).
But Panorama has obtained a confidential ISL document which lists 175 secret payments. It shows Mr Leoz was paid a further $600,000 (£384,000 using current conversions) in three instalments of $200,000.
Mr Leoz did not respond to requests for comment on Panorama's allegations.
The second Fifa official named by the programme, Ricardo Teixeira, is head of the Brazilian Football Confederation which is responsible for staging the 2014 World Cup.
The ISL list shows a front company in Liechtenstein called Sanud received 21 payments totalling $9.5m (£6m).
I can't help feeling it would be a better role for England to actually be insisting on the reform of Fifa, making Fifa transparent, making Fifa accountable instead of kowtowing to Fifa in order to get the World Cup finals.”
End QuoteDavid MellorFormer Chair Football Task Force
Mr Teixeira was closely linked to Sanud by an inquiry of the Brazilian senate in 2001. It found that funds from Sanud had been secretly channelled to Mr Teixeira through one of his companies.
Mr Teixeira also did not respond to Panorama's request for comment on the allegations.
The list obtained by Panorama also includes details of 100,000 French Francs (£12,900) paid to Issa Hayatou, the Fifa vice-president representing football in African nations.
Mr Hayatou also did not respond to the allegations when contacted by Panorama.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter said in a statement that the 2008 court case had largely exonerated the former ISL officials.
He said: "It is important to stress that no Fifa officials were accused of any criminal offence in these proceedings."
At the time when ISL are alleged to have been paying the money out, it was not a criminal offence.
The recipients of most of the money paid by ISL into accounts in Liechtenstein cannot be traced.
These latest allegations of wrongdoing by Fifa executive members come after two of the 24 committee members were banned last month from voting in Thursday's ballot.
The bans came after the London-based Sunday Times accused Amos Adamu and Reynald Temarii of being willing to sell their World Cup votes. Call for reform Critics of Fifa say a full investigation is required.
Jack Warner has been a member of the Fifa executive committee since 1983
"I can't help feeling it would be a better role for England to actually be insisting on the reform of Fifa, making Fifa transparent, making Fifa accountable instead of kowtowing to Fifa in order to get the World Cup finals," said David Mellor, the former chairman of the Football Task Force in Tony Blair's government.
The fourth Fifa executive named in the Panorama programme is Trinidad and Tobago's Jack Warner, one of the organisation's vice-presidents.
Panorama says it has seen e-mails and an invoice which show Mr Warner was involved in the procurement of $84,000 worth of 2010 World Cup tickets.
The e-mail trail suggests the tickets were destined for the black market but the planned deal - including 38 tickets for the final in Johannesburg - collapsed because the touts were not prepared to pay the asking price.
In 2006, Panorama revealed that Mr Warner had sold tickets on the black market for that year's World Cup tournament in Germany.
Fifa subsequently ordered Mr Warner's family business, Simpaul Travel, to make a $1m donation to charity to "compensate for the profits it had made through resale of 2006 Fifa World Cup tickets".
At a recent press conference, Mr Blatter was asked about the fresh allegations against Mr Warner by a Norwegian journalist who first broke the story of the e-mails.
Mr Blatter replied: "Should it be knowledgeable to us, by official means, or by official channels, then naturally we would have to look at that."
Fifa's media office, when asked by the Norwegian journalist what Mr Blatter meant by "official channels", reportedly replied: "We have no idea."
England 2018 said the programme was "an embarrassment" to the BBC.
It said in a statement: "We stand by our previous position that the BBC's Panorama did nothing more than rake over a series of historical allegations, none of which are relevant to the current bidding process. It should be seen as an embarrassment to the BBC.
"The 2018 team are entirely focused on winning the bid for England."
Panorama: Fifa's Dirty Secrets was broadcast on BBC One on Monday, 29 November and is now available in the UK on the BBC iPlayer.
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After the Glory
By: Rev. Roger Spaugh
Reference: Matthew 2:12 Description: We are living in the waning moments of another year. The "holiday season" is quickly drawing to a close. The rush of preparation has culminated in a few hours of "quality time" spent with friends and family. The gifts have been opened, the food has been devoured; and for some, the house has been returned to order.
The Problem with Santa Claus
By: Rev. Roger Spaugh
Reference: Ephesians 2:8 Description: And while we are asking questions, how about asking a few more? How does he make it around the entire world in24 hours? How can he be in all the malls (and in two or three places in some malls) all at the same time? How does he get into my house seeing I don't have a chimney? And finally, how old is this guy, anyway!?
Coming Home
By: Rev. Greg Bowman
Description: It's the most wonderful time of the year. No the weather may not be exactly the way that we would prefer. But the month of December would have to be my favorite month and yes I do despise the cold weather. However, there is nothing like the city and countryside being lit up and the stores decorated for Christmas. Probably some of our most memorable moments growing up centered on Christmas.
Christ and Character in Christmas
By: Rev. Scott Epperson
Reference: Luke 2:4 Description: But somehow we find ourselves instead of retelling the story of a Saviors birth we find ourselves retelling year after year the story of: obesity, bankruptcy, guilt, regret, depression, etc.... Why is this because we forgot Christ did not come to stay in the manger but in our hearts.
The Wise Men And The Star By: Rev. Craig Treadwell
Reference: Matthew 2:9 Description: Though the Messiah of all time and eternity was just a baby in our text, he was still King of Kings, and even though he was born in a rugged environment among oxen, He is still distinguished by His star.
Wonderful Counselor By: Rev. Eric Westland
Reference: Isaiah 7:14 Description: This virgin-born Savior, has the answers we need for our lives today. Answers that are relevant to every need of every age.
No Christ , No Christmas
By: Rev. Mark Cottrill
Reference: Luke 19:9
Description: Jesus Christ the eternal God and creator of this world became flesh for one reason - to save our souls!
The Best Gift
By: Rev. Mark Cottrill
Reference: Matthew 2:1 Description: There is a more excellent way than gifts, something much higher. It's a quality of life that surpasses all the gifts combined.
Jesus Christ Is Everything
By: Rev. Craig Treadwell
Reference: 3:11 Description: If Jesus Christ is not truly everything to each of us, then it is a stretch to call ourselves Christians. Jesus Christ must be everything to each of us on a personal level.
Mary Did You Know?
By: Rev. Craig Treadwell
Reference: 1:26 Description: When Mary finished as a mother, raising her son to maturity to be on his own, Mary's appointed task as unique as it was, had an expiration date. She fulfilled her specific mission when Jesus launched on his own.
Worship With the Wisemen
By: Rev. Raymond Woodward
Reference: Matthew 2:1 Description: The wise men understood that they were not coming to Bethlehem to GET something; they were coming to GIVE something. They understood the principle of Scripture - you never come before a King empty-handed.
Missing Peace
By: Rev. Raymond Woodward
Reference: Luke 2:13 Description: We are in the season of the year when Christmas cards are circulated bearing the greeting, "Peace on Earth!" But with the world events we have seen played out in our news that seems like a cruel joke.
Ugliness of Christmas, The
By: Rev. Raymond Woodward
Reference: 1 Timothy 1:15 Description: This is the ugliness of Christmas, but thank God, it ultimately brings us to the point of its beauty, because the beauty of Christmas is that Christ came into the world to save sinners!
First Christmas
By: Rev. Raymond Woodward
Reference: Matthew 4:16 Description: But the Bible says Jesus Christ came into the world to save us from sin. That's the reason for His coming.
God's Surprise Gift
By: Rev. Raymond Woodward
Reference: 1 Corinthians 2:7 Description: Make that decision to repent, to be baptized, to get involved in ministry, to make 2009 the best year ever? That's the only Christmas gift that God wants!
The Wait Before Christmas
By: Rev. Raymond Woodward
Reference: Titus 2:11 Description: There are three building blocks to any relationship - time, time, time! People who really know God ALWAYS have to build that relationship by taking time away from other things to spend with Him.
Christmas, the Way it Really Was
By: Rev. Richard Tracey
Reference: Romans 5:14 Description: The first Christmas was really a culmination of plans and events that began even before the earth was created.
The Peace Of Christmas
By: Rev. James Bigelow
Reference: Luke 2:14 Description: The diligent and devoted effort of many world leaders and diplomats is for peace, yet, history seems to mock their efforts and confirm that such a search is futile.
The Hope of Christmas
By: Rev. James Bigelow
Reference: Luke 2:25 Description: Hope is the force, or drive that causes us to press on until we have obtained.
The Joy of Christmas
By: Rev. James Bigelow
Reference: Luke 2:1 Description: The gospel is good tidings of great joy! God wants us to be happy!
What To Do When Your Star Trek Ends With Nothing
By: Rev. James Bigelow
Reference: Matthew 2:1 Description: Although Wise Men may not find exactly what they anticipate, they do several things that we ought to emulate.
Christmas is for Children
By: Rev. James Bigelow
Reference: Matthew 2:18 Description: Perhaps this idea received its start because the traditional Christmas story from the Bible focuses on Christ as a baby and as a little child.
Why I Observe Christmas
By: Rev. James Bigelow
Reference: Romans 14:5 Description: Unfortunately, those who don't observe Christmas have often been openly critical of those who do.
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
By: Rev. Raymond Woodward
Reference: Luke 2:8 Description: Many LEGENDS have sprung up around our celebration of Christmas. Here are some of the most popular, along with their true/false status:
If Christ Had Not Come
By: Rev. Raymond Woodward
Reference: John 15:22 Description: The greatest tragedy of the Christmas holiday each year is not so much its commercialization, but its trivialization.
Christmas Traditions: Past and Present
By: Rev. Ken Raggio
Description: He really is the reason for the season. O, Come Let Us Adore Him!
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