{"id":5793,"date":"2011-03-22T04:00:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/index.php\/nci-admits-%e2%80%98sun-scare%e2%80%99-lacks-proof-2\/"},"modified":"2011-03-22T04:00:57","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T08:00:57","slug":"nci-admits-sun-scare-lacks-proof-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/nci-admits-sun-scare-lacks-proof-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NCI Admits \u2018Sun Scare\u2019 Lacks Proof"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. National Cancer Institute \u2014 in bold type on an a section added to its web site in June 2010 \u2014 admits that there is no evidence that avoiding sunlight or sunbeds actually decreases the risk of skin cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not known if protecting skin from sunlight and other UV radiation decreases the risk of skin cancer,\u201d the NCI writes in an advisory titled \u201cSkin Cancer Prevention.\u201d The article continues, \u201cSunscreen may help decrease the amount of UV radi<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5797\" title=\"sunscare322\" src=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/sunscare322.jpg\" alt=\"sunscare322\" width=\"280\" height=\"147\" \/>ation to the skin. One study found that wearing sunscreen can help prevent actinic keratoses, scaly patches of skin that may become squamous cell carcinoma. However, the use of sunscreen has not been proven to lower the risk of melanoma skin cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NCI couches its recommendations about sun exposure and UV light with the words \u201cmay\u201d and \u201csuggest\u201d \u2014 showing that the agency and others continue to blur the line in public health recommendations, encouraging people to avoid UV and mid-day sun even though they do not have cause-and-effect evidence to say that UV \u201cwill\u201d cause skin cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing exposed to ultraviolet radiation is a risk factor that may increase the risk of skin cancer,\u201d the agency writes in the same advisory. \u201cStudies suggest that being exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation and the sensitivity of a person\u2019s skin to UV radiation are risk factors for skin cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What\u2019s it mean?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe difference between advising people to avoid sunburn based on what studies suggest and blurring the line to still make it appear that any and all UV exposure is harmful \u2014 when evidence does not support that statement \u2014 is the wrong way to approach this\u201d Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy says. \u201cYou keep reading items like this from so many agencies and the inferences all seem to point in the same direction, benefiting the $6 billion chemical sunscreen pharmaceutical market. Still, this article is quite clear: Dermatology leaders need to stop saying point blank that avoiding sun will decrease the risk of cancer. The government does not support that claim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To read the NCI advisory <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/cancertopics\/pdq\/prevention\/skin\/Patient\/page3\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. National Cancer Institute \u2014 in bold type on an a section added to its web site in June 2010 \u2014 admits that there is no evidence that avoiding sunlight or sunbeds actually decreases the risk of skin cancer. \u201cIt is not known if protecting skin from sunlight and other UV radiation decreases the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NCI Admits \u2018Sun Scare\u2019 Lacks Proof - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The U.S. National Cancer Institute \u2014 in bold type on an a section added to its web site in June 2010 \u2014 admits that there is no evidence that avoiding sunlight or sunbeds actually decreases the risk of skin cancer. \u201cIt is not known if protecting skin from sunlight and other UV radiation decreases the risk of skin cancer,\u201d the NCI writes in an advisory titled \u201cSkin Cancer Prevention.\u201d The article continues, \u201cSunscreen may help decrease the amount of UV radiation to the skin. One study found that wearing sunscreen can help prevent actinic keratoses, scaly patches of skin that may become squamous cell carcinoma. However, the use of sunscreen has not been proven to lower the risk of melanoma skin cancer.\u201d The NCI couches its recommendations about sun exposure and UV light with the words \u201cmay\u201d and \u201csuggest\u201d \u2014 showing that the agency and others continue to blur the line in public health recommendations, encouraging people to avoid UV and mid-day sun even though they do not have cause-and-effect evidence to say that UV \u201cwill\u201d cause skin cancer. \u201cBeing exposed to ultraviolet radiation is a risk factor that may increase the risk of skin cancer,\u201d the agency writes in the same advisory. \u201cStudies suggest that being exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation and the sensitivity of a person\u2019s skin to UV radiation are risk factors for skin cancer.\u201d What\u2019s it mean? \u201cThe difference between advising people to avoid sunburn based on what studies suggest and blurring the line to still make it appear that any and all UV exposure is harmful \u2014 when evidence does not support that statement \u2014 is the wrong way to approach this\u201d Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy says. \u201cYou keep reading items like this from so many agencies and the inferences all seem to point in the same direction, benefiting the $6 billion chemical sunscreen pharmaceutical market. Still, this article is quite clear: Dermatology leaders need to stop saying point blank that avoiding sun will decrease the risk of cancer. 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One study found that wearing sunscreen can help prevent actinic keratoses, scaly patches of skin that may become squamous cell carcinoma. However, the use of sunscreen has not been proven to lower the risk of melanoma skin cancer.\u201d The NCI couches its recommendations about sun exposure and UV light with the words \u201cmay\u201d and \u201csuggest\u201d \u2014 showing that the agency and others continue to blur the line in public health recommendations, encouraging people to avoid UV and mid-day sun even though they do not have cause-and-effect evidence to say that UV \u201cwill\u201d cause skin cancer. \u201cBeing exposed to ultraviolet radiation is a risk factor that may increase the risk of skin cancer,\u201d the agency writes in the same advisory. \u201cStudies suggest that being exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation and the sensitivity of a person\u2019s skin to UV radiation are risk factors for skin cancer.\u201d What\u2019s it mean? \u201cThe difference between advising people to avoid sunburn based on what studies suggest and blurring the line to still make it appear that any and all UV exposure is harmful \u2014 when evidence does not support that statement \u2014 is the wrong way to approach this\u201d Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy says. \u201cYou keep reading items like this from so many agencies and the inferences all seem to point in the same direction, benefiting the $6 billion chemical sunscreen pharmaceutical market. Still, this article is quite clear: Dermatology leaders need to stop saying point blank that avoiding sun will decrease the risk of cancer. 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However, the use of sunscreen has not been proven to lower the risk of melanoma skin cancer.\u201d The NCI couches its recommendations about sun exposure and UV light with the words \u201cmay\u201d and \u201csuggest\u201d \u2014 showing that the agency and others continue to blur the line in public health recommendations, encouraging people to avoid UV and mid-day sun even though they do not have cause-and-effect evidence to say that UV \u201cwill\u201d cause skin cancer. \u201cBeing exposed to ultraviolet radiation is a risk factor that may increase the risk of skin cancer,\u201d the agency writes in the same advisory. \u201cStudies suggest that being exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation and the sensitivity of a person\u2019s skin to UV radiation are risk factors for skin cancer.\u201d What\u2019s it mean? \u201cThe difference between advising people to avoid sunburn based on what studies suggest and blurring the line to still make it appear that any and all UV exposure is harmful \u2014 when evidence does not support that statement \u2014 is the wrong way to approach this\u201d Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy says. \u201cYou keep reading items like this from so many agencies and the inferences all seem to point in the same direction, benefiting the $6 billion chemical sunscreen pharmaceutical market. Still, this article is quite clear: Dermatology leaders need to stop saying point blank that avoiding sun will decrease the risk of cancer. 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