SynthesisEnvironmental health perspectives2020
Solar Ultraviolet Radiation and Breast Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- The Relationship Between Climate Change and Breast Cancer and Its Management and Preventative Implications in South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Risk factors for breast cancer: an umbrella review of observational cohort studies and causal relationship analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
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- The involvement of circular RNAs in breast cancer metastasis: Insight into EMT-related signaling pathways.BioImpacts : BI · 2026Review
- Stage Shifting by Modifying the Determinants of Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis: A Simulation Study.Cancers · 2024Article
- The Impact of Vitamin D and Its Dietary Supplementation in Breast Cancer Prevention: An Integrative Review.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Omics-Based Investigations of Breast Cancer.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- National and subnational burden of female and male breast cancer and risk factors in Iran from 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease study 2019.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2023Article
- Workplace exposure to UV radiation and strategies to minimize cancer risk.British medical bulletin · 2022Review
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- Authors' reply to the letter to editor "Acid suppressant use in association with incidence and severe outcomes of COVID‑19: a systematic review and meta‑analysis".European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2022Article
- Vitamin D, Th17 Lymphocytes, and Breast Cancer.Cancers · 2022Review
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- A Narrative Review of the Evidence for Variations in Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration Thresholds for Optimal Health.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Sun Exposure Is Associated with Reduced Breast Cancer Risk among Women Living in the Caribbean: The Atabey Study in Puerto Rico.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2022Article
- Residential ultraviolet radiation and breast cancer risk in a large prospective cohort.Environment international · 2022Article
- Clinicopathological characteristics and features of molecular subtypes of breast cancer at high altitudes.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2020.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2021Article
- Enhanced expression of queuine tRNA-ribosyltransferase 1 (Annals of translational medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundA protective relationship has been hypothesized between exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and the development of breast cancer.
objectiveThe objective of this study was to conduct a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of studies examining the association of exposure to solar UVR and breast cancer risk.
methodsWe searched Medline, EMBASE, and Web of Science for all studies investigating exposure to solar UVR and breast cancer risk. Separate analyses were performed using estimates of time spent in the sun, and ambient UVR. Associations were estimated using DerSimonian and Laird random-effect models. Heterogeneity was investigated through subgroup analyses and
resultsFourteen studies were included in the review and 13 in the meta-analysis, with the majority ( DISCUSSION: To our knowledge, this was the first meta-analysis to estimate the risk of developing breast cancer associated with time spent in the sun. The results suggest that obtaining greater than an hour a day in the sun during the summer months could decrease the risk of developing breast cancer. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP4861.
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