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Lung cancer linked to lack of sun exposure

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Aww man! So basking in the sun can help lower risk of lung cancer, but raise your risk for skin cancer?

"Researchers found lung cancer rates were highest in countries furthest from the equator, where exposure to sunlight is lowest.

It is thought vitamin D - generated by exposure to sunlight - can halt tumor growth by promoting the factors responsible for cell death in the body."


To sunbathe or not to sunbathe?
Swiyyah

2 responses // Lung cancer linked to lack of sun exposure

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    http://www.ehealthmd.com/library/smoking/SMO_cigaret...
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    So does this mean that if I smoke in the sun I have a lower chance of contracting lung cancer as opposed to sitting indoors?

    Click the link and I'm sure you'll think twice about smoking...

    mattbrawn
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    I wonder if this is because people in warmer climates spend more time outdoors and are less likely to intake 'stale' air. This could be analogous to how people in colder climates contract the flu virus during the winter due to the close proximity to other people who seek warmth indoors. Were the different sociological factors discussed in the study or are the researchers trying primarily to defend the link between vitamin D and cancer prevention?

    I would assume the latter, imagine the vitamin D supplement craze that would follow across middle and upper class America if vitamin D had the potential to prevent lung cancer.

    UsusEstTyrannus

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