ReviewCurrent oncology reports2013
Sun exposure, sunbeds and sunscreens and melanoma. What are the controversies?
Review in Current oncology reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Exploration in association between vitamin D and cutaneous melanoma and explainable machine learning prediction.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Actinic Keratosis. What is New for The Management for Sun-Damaged Skin.Dermatology practical & conceptual · 2024Review
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- Nanotechnology Addressing Cutaneous Melanoma: The Italian Landscape.Pharmaceutics · 2021Review
- Citrus Consumption and Risk of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma in the Women's Health Initiative.Nutrition and cancer · 2020Article
- UV "Indices"-What Do They Indicate?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Review
- The Pathophysiological Impact of HLA Class Ia and HLA-G Expression and Regulatory T Cells in Malignant Melanoma: A Review.Journal of immunology research · 2016Review
- Epidemiological and genetic factors underlying melanoma development in Italy.Melanoma management · 2015Review
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- Cellular Mechanisms of Oxidative Stress and Action in Melanoma.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2015Review
- Vitamin D and skin cancer.Photochemistry and photobiologyReview
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Abstract
The association between various measures of sun exposure and melanoma risk is quite complex to dissect as many case-control studies of melanoma included different subtypes of melanomas which are likely to be biologically different, so interpretation of the data is difficult. Screening bias in countries with high levels of sun exposure is also an issue. Now that progress is being made in the genetic subclassification of melanoma tumours, it is apparent that melanomas have different somatic changes according to body sites/histological subtypes and that UV exposure may be relevant for some but not all types of melanomas. Melanoma behaviour also points to non-sun-related risk factors, and complex gene-environment interactions are likely. As UV exposure is the only environmental factor ever linked to melanoma, it is still prudent to avoid excessive sun exposure and sunburn especially in poor tanners. However, the impact of strict sun avoidance, which should not be recommended, may take years to be apparent as vitamin D deficiency is a now a common health issue in Caucasian populations, with a significant impact on health in general.
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