Indoor ultraviolet tanning: What the data do and do not show regarding risk of melanoma and keratinocyte malignancies

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 867-873

  Weinstock, Martin A ^a   Fisher, David E ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; DNA damage; Indoor tanning; Melanoma; Skin cancer; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BETA ENDORPHIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN P53; VITAMIN D;

CANCER RISK; DNA DAMAGE; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; INDOOR ULTRAVIOLET TANNING; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OSTEOMALACIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RICKETS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77957327952     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2010.0063     Document Type: Review

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