WASH POST:\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cBut we don\u2019t know for sure what\u2019s causing the increase?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n LUSHNIAK:\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cIn essence, we really don\u2019t. \u2026<\/span>In terms of looking at specific (causes) of that, it\u2019s still difficult to determine.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Acting Surgeon General\u2019s 112-page report \u2014\u00a0produced in conjunction with prominent lobbyists from groups who accept funding directly from the sunscreen industry and are actively lobbying against UV \u2014\u00a0does not mention that among all the risk factors for melanoma, UV exposure is considered the least-prolific \u2014\u00a0instead pointing out that it is the main \u201cavoidable\u201d risk factor.<\/p>\n Melanoma researcher Dr. Arthur Rhodes \u2014\u00a0in a report in the journal Dermatologic Therapy, wrote that overblown sun-avoidance messaging is actually preventing people from learning about the largest risk factors for the disease.<\/p>\n \u201cUnfortunately, as a result of public messages that emphasize the role of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure in tumor development, most general physicians and lay people believe that most if not all cases of CM are the direct result of UVR exposure. In fact, we do not know the case fraction of CM directly attributable to UVR, and the unintended consequences of current messages directly linking UVR exposure and CM development may be thwarting the primary intervention goal of reducing tumor-related mortality,\u201d Rhodes wrote.<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cPublic messages related to UVR avoidance and protection as an intervention strategy to prevent CM have been based on circumstantial data and inference rather than clinical trials and sound scientific data. It is by no means obvious that such a common exposure (i.e., sunlight) is the most important underlying cause of a relatively uncommon tumor.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" JULY 30, 2014 \u2013 U.S. Acting Surgeon General Boris Lushniak \u2014 a dermatologist whose first action as acting surgeon general was the creation of a report vilifying UV exposure \u2014 admitted Tuesday that UV exposure may not be what\u2019s driving an increase in reported skin cancer incidence. The Washington Post, in an exclusive interview Tuesday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
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