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Lack of UVB radiation may be major cause of many types of cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, April 9th, 2002

During the past 2 decades, ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation from the sun has been blamed for a significant increase in melanoma and other skin cancer. However, during the same period, there have been many articles in reputable journals indicating that sunlight actually affords protection against many other types of cancer.

Using powerful statistical techniques developed for environmental research, a new study has been done to quantitatively determine how many additional cancer deaths are caused each year in the U.S. by lack of sufficient UV-B radiation, so that its total effects on cancer rates can be assessed more accurately.

The study, which was...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2002-04-09)

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