Ultraviolet (UV) radiation in sunlight is the most prominent and ubiquitous physical
carcinogen in our natural environment. It is highly genotoxic but does not penetrate the body …

It has been widely accepted since early in the 20 th Century that sun exposure is a cause of
BCC and SCC in humans [1]. That human melanoma is also caused by sun exposure was …

Skin cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in humans. Solar keratoses are related
benign tumours that are at least ten times commoner than skin cancers and photoageing of …

By 1927 for basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and by 1955
for melanoma, the broad grounds for relating sun exposure to skin cancer had been …

Non-melanocytic skin cancer has long been regarded as one of the harmful effects of solar
ultraviolet (UV) radiation on human health. In this review, we examine epidemiologic …

Skin cancers are the most common malignant tumors of white-skinned people. It is well
established that nonmelanoma skin cancer is almost entirely caused by chronic exposure to …

There is persuasive evidence that each of the three main types of skin cancer, basal cell
carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and melanoma, is caused by sun …

Objectives: To estimate the proportion and numbers of cancers occurring in Australia
attributable to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and the proportion and numbers prevented by …

Background The incidence rates of skin cancer increase with decreasing latitude in most
western countries. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a main risk factor for skin cancer. Methods We …

Essential features of the epidemiology and photobiology of cutaneous malignant melanoma
(CMM) in Norway were studied in comparison with data from countries at lower latitudes …