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| bigvince |
 Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:14 am |
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"Exposure to sunlight may decrease risk of advanced breast cancer by
half" http://www.sciencecodex.com/exposure_to_sunlight_may_decrease_risk_of_advanced_breast_cancer_by_half
"'A research team from the Northern California Cancer Center, the
University of Southern California, and Wake Forest University School
of Medicine has found that increased exposure to sunlight - which
increases levels of vitamin D in the body -- may decrease the risk of
advanced breast cancer.
In a study reported online this week in the American Journal of
Epidemiology, the researchers found that women with high sun exposure
had half the risk of developing advanced breast cancer, which is
cancer that has spread beyond the breast, compared to women with low
sun exposure. These findings were observed only for women with
naturally light skin color. The study defined high sun exposure as
having dark skin on the forehead, an area that is usually exposed to
sunlight."........
....."We believe that sunlight helps to reduce women's risk of breast
cancer because the body manufactures the active form of vitamin D from
exposure to sunlight," said Esther John, Ph.D., lead researcher on the
study from the Northern California Cancer Center. "It is possible that
these effects were observed only among light- skinned women because
sun exposure produces less vitamin D among women with naturally darker
pigmentation.".....
......"Since many risk factors for breast cancer are not modifiable,
our finding that a modifiable factor, vitamin D, may reduce risk is
important," said Sue Ingles, Ph.D., a co-researcher from University of
Southern California Keck School of Medicine.'
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