Exposure to sun can reduce the risk of breast cancer
May 21, 2008
Washington – In a current research linked reduced risk of breast cancer to augmented sun exposure but now scientists from Yale Cancer Center have warned that unprotected exposure to the sun is not a recommended way to reduce a person’s risk of developing the disease.
Studies established that higher the levels of serum Vitamin D and living closer to the equatorial region can reduce the incidence of breast cancer.
Though, they cautioned that raising sun exposure is not the way to reduce breast cancer risk.
“While ultraviolet B radiation from the sun is the primary source of vitamin D in our body, unprotected sun exposure is not a recommended way to reduce a person’s risk of developing breast cancer,” said David J. Leffell, M.D., Yale Cancer Center.
He noted that Ultraviolet radiation is an undeniable carcinogen accountable for most of the predictable 1.5 million skin cancers that occur yearly in the United States of America alone.
“We are alarmed by the potential consequences of this study and urge women to continue to follow a careful sun protection program including the use of UV-blocking sunscreens. Women should absolutely avoid tanning salons,” Leffell said.
“The link between vitamin D and breast cancer is not clearly known at this time. One recent U.S. study actually measured blood vitamin D levels in individual women and found that women with higher blood vitamin D levels did not have significantly lower risk of subsequent breast cancer,” explained Susan Mayne, “Because the data are not consistent at this time, women who wish to reduce their risk of breast cancer should focus on more established risk factors,” she added.
(ANI)
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