ArticleCancers2022
Cumulative Sun Exposure and Melanoma in a Population-Based Case-Control Study: Does Sun Sensitivity Matter?
Article in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and Safety of Tildrakizumab in Elderly Patients With Psoriasis: A Narrative Review.The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology · 2026Review
- Ultraviolet radiation exposure and melanoma risk among over 2 million Ontario workers.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Severe Sunburns and Sunbed Use Risk with Cutaneous Melanoma: A Case-Control Study in Lithuania.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Therapeutic Use of Integrin Signaling in Melanoma Cells: Physical Link with the Extracellular Matrix (ECM).Cancers · 2025Review
- Review
- Survival expectations in melanoma patients: a molecular prognostic model associated with aging.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- The impact of climate change on skin cancer incidence: mechanisms, vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- The Association Between Anion Gap and Albumin-Corrected Anion Gap with Sun Sensitivity: A National Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2025Article
- A Population-Based Family Case-Control Study of Sun Exposure and Follicular Lymphoma Risk.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
Cutaneous melanoma (CM) has consistently been associated with intermittent sun exposure, while the association with chronic sun exposure is debated. The goal of this research was to examine the complex relationship between CM, sun sensitivity and sun exposure based on theoretical concepts of how these factors may be associated. Detailed sun exposure histories across life periods and various measures of sun sensitivity were collected in a population-based case-control study of melanoma in Iowa, USA. Participants were asked about their hours of sun exposure per day between March and October each year over periods or decades of life to estimate cumulative lifetime hours of sun exposure. Increased odds ratios (ORs) for CM were seen for most standard measures of sun sensitivity except for the tendency to sunburn. Minimal associations were seen with total hours of sun exposure early in life. However, an interaction was seen between fair skin color and lifetime hours of sun exposure, where the strongest associations with CM were seen among medium-skinned and dark-skinned participants. This suggests that cumulative sun exposure at high levels may increase CM among non-sun-sensitive individuals typically at lower risk of CM. Such a finding has implications for the prevention effort for melanoma regarding time in the sun among darker-skinned individuals.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.