Intake of Furocoumarins and Risk of Skin Cancer in 2 Prospective US Cohort Studies | Zendy

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Intake of Furocoumarins and Risk of Skin Cancer in 2 Prospective US Cohort Studies

Author(s) -

Weiyi Sun,

Megan S. Rice,

Min K Park,

Ock K. Chun,

Melissa M. Melough,

Hongmei Nan,

Walter C. Willett,

Wenqing Li,

Abrar A. Qureshi,

Eunyoung Cho

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of nutrition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463

H-Index - 265

eISSN - 1541-6100

pISSN - 0022-3166

DOI - 10.1093/jn/nxaa062

Subject(s) - furocoumarins , furocoumarin , psoralen , medicine , skin cancer , prospective cohort study , phototoxicity , cohort , cohort study , cancer , oncology , toxicology , chemistry , biology , dna , photochemistry , in vitro , biochemistry

In prior studies, higher citrus consumption was associated with higher risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Furocoumarins, compounds with phototoxicity and photocarcinogenicity in citrus, may be responsible for the association.

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