Lifetime sunburns and skin cancer

A new study published in JAMA Dermatology, identified lifetime trajectories of sunburns and found that sunburns throughout life, and in particular in childhood, were associated with increased risk of cutaneous melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma.

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Lergenmuller S*, Rueegg CS*, Perrier F, Robsahm TE, Green AC, Lund E, Ghiasvand R, Veierød MB. *Shared first author. Lifetime sunburn trajectories and risk of cutaneous melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma. JAMA Dermatology 2022 doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2022.4053

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Simon Lergenmuller, was a PhD candidate in Professor Marit B. Veierød’s research group “EpiStat: Epidemiological studies of lifestyle and chronic diseases” at Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE) at the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences at the University of Oslo. Corina S. Rueegg is a former postdoc in Professor Veierød's group and Researcher at OCBE, Oslo University Hospital. The study was conducted in collaboration with researchers from OCBE, the University of Tromsø, the Cancer Registry of Norway and the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia.

Published Nov. 4, 2022 11:54 AM - Last modified Nov. 4, 2022 12:39 PM