TY - BOOK ID - 4803842 TI - Sunlight, vitamin D and skin cancer PY - 2008 SN - 9780387775746 0387775730 9780387775739 1441926577 9786611960087 128196008X 0387775749 PB - New York, N.Y. : Austin, Tex. : Springer Science+Business Media ; Landes Bioscience, DB - UniCat KW - Biomedicine. KW - Cancer Research. KW - Medicine. KW - Oncology. KW - Médecine KW - Cancérologie KW - Skin Neoplasms. KW - Sunlight. KW - Skin KW - Sunshine KW - Vitamin D KW - Secosteroids KW - Weather KW - Light KW - Neoplasms by Site KW - Skin Diseases KW - Neoplasms KW - Radiation, Nonionizing KW - Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases KW - Atmosphere KW - Meteorological Concepts KW - Steroids KW - Environment KW - Polycyclic Compounds KW - Diseases KW - Ecological and Environmental Phenomena KW - Radiation KW - Electromagnetic Phenomena KW - Biological Phenomena KW - Chemicals and Drugs KW - Physical Phenomena KW - Phenomena and Processes KW - Environment and Public Health KW - Health Care KW - Skin Neoplasms KW - Sunlight KW - Medicine KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Oncology KW - Cancer KW - Therapeutic use KW - Sunshine. KW - Cancer. KW - Therapeutic use. KW - Cancer research. KW - Cancer research KW - Clinical sciences KW - Medical profession KW - Human biology KW - Life sciences KW - Medical sciences KW - Pathology KW - Physicians KW - Calcium regulating hormones KW - Steroid hormones KW - Vitamins, Fat-soluble KW - Meteorology KW - Tumors UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4803842 AB - UV exposuie represents the most important risk factor for the development of nonmelanoma skin cancer. Additionally, assessment of sun exposure parameters has consistently shown an association between the development of malignant melanoma and short term, intense UV exposure, particularly burning in childhood. As a consequence, protection of the skin from UV exposure is an integral part of skin cancer prevention programs. However, more chronic, less intense UV exposure has not been found to be a risk factor for melanoma and in fact has been found in some studies to be protective. Moreover, 90% of all requisite vitamin D is formed within the skin through the action of the sun—a serious problem—for a connection between vitamin D deficiency and various types of cancer (e. g. , colon, prostate and breast cancers) has been demonstrated in a large number of studies. Hence, the - sociation between vitamin D deficiency and various internal malignancies has now opened a debate among dermatologists and other clinicians how to balance between positive and negative effects of solar and artificial UV exposure. The goal of this volume is to provide a comprehensive, highly readable overview of our present knowledge of positive and negative effects of UV exposure, with a focus on vitamin D and skin cancer. ER -