Pages tagged with "Cancer - Skin"

118 pages, most important first (overviews, then meta-analyses, then RCTs, then newest). Combine with another topic

• A Dermatologist's Perspective on Vitamin D - Mayo Clinic
• Melanoma might be suppressed by Vitamin D - many studies
• Sunscreen use is no longer associated with reduced skin cancer – meta-analysis
• Melanoma is 1.4X more-likely if low Vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Melanoma 2.1 X more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Sunscreen used daily vs discretionary: no difference in skin cancer rate – RCT 2016
• Basal Cell Carcinoma and Vitamin D
• Topical vitamin C in DMSO shrank carcinomas: squamous cell (12 weeks) and basal cell (8 weeks)
• Squamous cell cancers of head and neck, vitamin D, and the immune system
• Melanoma survival doubled with Vitamin D binding protein polymorphism
• Some statins increase skin cancer risk by 40 percent (reducing vitamin D levels)
• Avoiding the sun resulted in 3,000 deaths, but avoided 40 skin cancer deaths
• Vitamin D from the sun reduces the risk of internal cancers, but increases some skin cancers
• Photodynamic therapy + Topical Vitamin D (Calcitriol) fights SCC (squamous cell cancer) in mice
• Cancers fought by repurposed drugs - aided by Vitamin D in many ways - Marik
• All UK Melanoma patients should get a Vitamin D test (only 30% do)
• Cancer - Skin
• Melanoma risk reduced by Vitamin D and other nutrients - 2023
• Dermatology's Disastrous War Against The Sun
• Melanoma associated with vitamin D less than 30 ng (9X)
• Melanoma cancer growth slowed by increased Vitamin D Receptor (yet again)
• Increased incidence of 7 cancers if live far from equator (if not take vitamin D)
• Melanoma death risk 0.63 X lower if poor Vitamin D Binding Gene
• Metastatic Melanoma survived 2X longer if adequate level of Vitamin D
• Melanoma REDUCED by those getting the most UV, unless 5 blistering sunburns while in teen years
• Native American Indians mostly died of skin cancer (nope)
• The Risk of Skin Cancer From Sun Exposure Is Overblown
• Cancers reduced by Vitamin D (Skin cancer in this review)
• Sunlight on skin has decreased 9X while melanoma has increased 30X
• Melanoma Cancer detected more often (perhaps due to infrequent intense UVA)
• Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) aided by various forms and types of Vitamin D (1.06 X to 10 X)
• 18X increased destruction of skin cancers if active vitamin D added to photodynamic therapy (mice)
• 10X more skin cancer cells killed by photodynamic therapy when add Vitamin D
• Too much UVB: skin cancer, too little UVB: other cancers due to low vitamin D
• Cancers and Vitamin D Council
• Skin Cancers, Vitamin D, Vitamin D Receptor and Genes
• Malignant melanoma may be reduced by skin-activated vitamin D
• UVB improvements to Vitamin D receptor appear to improve melanoma survival
• Melanoma 25 X more likely if low vitamin D
• Risk of skin cancer vs. risk of low vitamin D
• Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer 2X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor
• Many Organ transplants cause skin cancer – what is the role of UV
• The Greatest Public Health Mistake of the 20th Century (sunscreen block Vitamin D) - 2017
• Most sunscreens actually increase the growth of skin cancer
• Melanoma huge increase - perhaps due to use of sunscreen or lower vitamin D
• Recurrence of malignant melanoma may be reduced by 100,000 IU of vitamin D monthly – trial underway 2017
• Book: Sunlight, UV, Vitamin D and Receptor, Skin and other Cancers
• Skin cancer 20 percent more likely with some Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms
• High levels of Vitamin D and low rates of skin cancer among commercial fishermen
• Widespread regular sunscreen application deemed not useful in the US
• Vitamin D protects DNA against UV skin damage – 5 studies 2012-2013
• Hypothesis - Dark skin evolved to avoid skin cancer
• Rates of some newly diagnosed Cancers increased with higher Vitamin D (217,000 Danes)
• Melanoma Is a Disease of Office Workers
• Better Cancer survival if higher vitamin D a decade earlier (esp. Melanoma, Kidney, Prostate)
• Hypothesis: UVA through window glass decreases vitamin D - 2009
• Thin epidermis under skin cancer was thickened when vitamin D was raised to 70 ng
• Dermatologists are reminded of the importance of vitamin D in 8 diseases
• People with metastatic melanoma and initially Vitamin D deficient had 4.7 times worse outcome if not get enough D
• Non-melanoma skin cancer varies with latitude, melanoma does not
• Vitamin D receptor may suppress skin cancer
• UVA causes skin cancer, perhaps UVB (Vitamin D) prevents skin cancer
• Skin cancer (in mice) due to UV was prevented by vitamin D (active, topical)
• Sunlight, Vitamin D and Skin Cancer – 2nd edition
• Skin Cancer (SCC) minimized if get sun time around noon
• Alzheimer disease 5X less likely with nonmelanoma skin cancer (lots of vitamin D)
• UV – adverse and beneficial effects – review
• Vitamin D from the sun while minimizing skin cancer - Interview by Dr. Mercolla of Dr. Cannell
• Fewer heart attacks, hip fractures and deaths if more skin cancer
• Will vitamin D loading dose and 50,000 IU monthly will help after melanoma surgery
• Elite NZ Outdoor athletes fear skin cancer 10X more than fear low vitamin D
• Egg-white omelets are now so 1995 – When will excessive sunscreen be so 2010
• Death from melanoma (without ulcers) greatly decreased if have lots of vitamin D receptors
• Merkel cell carcinoma (a rare skin cancer) recurrence 3X more likely if low vitamin D
• Melanoma risk 2X to 4X higher if Vitamin D receptor genes had morphed
• Melanoma and Vitamin D genes - multiple papers
• Nonmelanoma skin cancer IS associated with increased risk of other cancers
• Vitamin D looks promising for head and neck squamous cell cancers
• Decreased risk of non-melanoma skin cancer by working outdoors in Europe
• UV and Melanoma: are they related – 2013
• Skin cancer increases other cancers (low-vitamin D)
• The Protective Role of Vitamin D Signaling in Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
• Melanoma is 44 percent LESS LIKELY if get sun on the job
• UV Radiation and the Skin
• Use of tanning beds would reduce associated deaths by 10X
• Melanoma not as thick if recently had a sunny vacation
• Skin cancer risk and vitamin D from sun both decrease with darker skin
• UVA most likely causes melanoma to progress
• Sunlight Vitamin D and Skin Cancer
• Prostate Cancer increased melanoma rate by 2X (vitamin D not mentioned)
• Molecular Link between Vitamin D and Cancer Prevention
• Head and neck cancer occurrence and deaths associated with low vitamin D
• Melanoma and Vitamin D - association is not certain - 2012
• Dermatologists in Australia – Squamous cell carcinoma not a function of vitamin D
• Hypothesis: vitamin D suppresses skin cancer
• Seniors, like everyone else, need vitamin D and should avoid sunburns – 2011
• Melanoma reduces by half the amount of vitamin D activated by the skin
• UVB, Smoking and second cancers after melanoma
• Book: Sunlight, Vitamin D and Skin Cancer, Second Edition
• Sunshine: Dangerous or Healthy – Schachter Center 2009
• Most German skin cancer doctors recommend both sunscreen and vitamin D
• Indoor tanning not apparently associated with skin cancer
• Red-haired mice can get melanoma without UV
• Vitamin D protects mouse from skin cancer
• Sunlight alone does not cause skin cancer
• Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer associated with more than 15 ng of vitamin D in HMO Cohort
• Possible association between Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer and vitamin D
• Hypothesis – worldwide increase in Melanoma due to UVA
• Sun exposure is associated with increased survival from melanoma – 2005
• New Zealand doctors are starting to prescribe more sunshine
• No association found between melanoma and low vitamin D levels
• Hypothesis – Increasing Folate or vitamin D decreases probability of skin cancer
• Calcium with vitamin D decreased risk of subsequent skin cancer by 2X
• Circadian rhythm affects skin cancer risk in mice
• People who were outdoors more got more skin cancer
• A vitamin D analog reduced UV generated skin cancer in mice
• If avoiding sun for medical reasons you need oral vitamin D
• Perhaps 28-40 ng of vitamin D would be good for Melanoma patients