Pages tagged with "Skin Cancer"
- The Risk of Skin Cancer From Sun Exposure Is Overblown
- Increased incidence of 7 cancers if live far from equator (if not take vitamin D)
- Rates of some newly diagnosed Cancers increased with higher Vitamin D (217,000 Danes)
- Melanoma Is a Disease of Office Workers
- The Greatest Public Health Mistake of the 20th Century (sunscreen block Vitamin D) - 2017
- Better Cancer survival if higher vitamin D a decade earlier (esp. Melanoma, Kidney, Prostate)
- Widespread regular sunscreen application deemed not useful in the US
- Melanoma 25 X more likely if low vitamin D
- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer 2X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor
- Dermatologists are reminded of the importance of vitamin D in 8 diseases
- UVB improvements to Vitamin D receptor appear to improve melanoma survival
- Recurrence of malignant melanoma may be reduced by 100,000 IU of vitamin D monthly – trial underway 2017
- Non-melanoma skin cancer varies with latitude, melanoma does not
- Skin Cancers, Vitamin D, Vitamin D Receptor and Genes
- UVA causes skin cancer, perhaps UVB (Vitamin D) prevents skin cancer
- People with metastatic melanoma and initially Vitamin D deficient had 4.7 times worse outcome if not get enough D
- Malignant melanoma may be reduced by skin-activated vitamin D
- Sunscreen used daily vs discretionary: no difference in skin cancer rate – RCT 2016
- Skin cancer (in mice) due to UV was prevented by vitamin D (active, topical)
- Some statins increase skin cancer risk by 40 percent (reducing vitamin D levels)