A new study that contradicts the results of a previous research has found that high fat intake does not increase the risk of certain types of skin cancer, and that it might even play a protective role in the development of non-melanoma skin cancer.
Exercise might protect against skin cancer, a US study suggests. The researchers found female mice exposed to a form of ultraviolet light took longer to develop skin tumours if they had access to a running wheel.
Voluntary exercise and a restricted diet reduced the number and size of pre-cancerous polyps in the intestines of male mice and improved survival, according to a study by a University of Wisconsin-Madison research.
Cancer-causing ultraviolet rays are 40 percent stronger in New Zealand than at similar latitudes in North America, research by the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research and the university shows. The study will be published in the next issue of the Cambridge, U.K.-based journal of Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences.
Basal-cell skin cancers constitute 80 percent of all skin cancers, not including the most serious skin cancer – melanoma.
Each year more than 1 million cases of skin cancer are reported. The most common type of skin cancer is basal cell cancer, which accounts for 80 percent of all skin cancers. The other types of skin cancer includes squamous and melanoma.
Certain groups should have higher or lower SPFs depending on age and other factors:
Although there are wide claims about the benefits of antioxidants for wrinkles when used in skin creams, to date, only vitamins E and C and selenium applied topically have been proven to have any benefits for reducing sun damage in the skin. Even with these antioxidants, however, most available brands contain very low concentrations of them. In addition, they are also not well absorbed and they have a short-term effect. New delivery techniques, however, may prove to offset some of these problems.
A new study from Minnesota finds the incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer increasing among men and women under the age of 40.
It?s well-known that unprotected sun exposure significantly heightens risk for skin cancer, but a study published in the current issue of Dermatologic Surgery showed that a new topical cream can remove common pre-cancerous skin lesions with a reduced rate of recurrence compared with other therapies.