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Association between non-melanoma and melanoma skin cancer rates, vitamin D and latitude
Fecha
2017Registro en:
Oncology Letters, Volumen 13, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 3787-3792
17921082
17921074
10.3892/ol.2017.5898
Autor
Rivas, Miguel
Rojas, Elisa
Calaf, Gloria M.
Barberán, Marcela
Liberman, Claudio
De Paula Correa, Marcelo
Institución
Resumen
© 2017, Spandidos Publications. All rights reserved. Vitamin D synthesis takes place in the skin due to solar ultraviolet-B (UVB) radiation. Several studies have shown the association between low sun exposure, non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) and a lack of vitamin D synthesis. Since such synthesis in the body depends on the exposure of the skin to solar UVB radiation (290-320 nm), experimental measurements of this type of solar radiation are important. Tarapaca University in Arica, Chile, established a solar UV radiation laboratory in 2006 and since then this laboratory has performed systematic experimental solar UVB measurements using a calibrated biometer instrument. The results, which are presented in the current study, showed the association between NMSC and MSC rates, and the time required to produce 1,000 IU vitamin D with latitudinal variation. Solar UV index (UVI) levels reported in 6 cities from the north to the south of Chile indicated that the UVI ratio of monthly mean values