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Vitamin D and melanoma incidence and mortality
Author(s) -
Berwick Marianne,
Erdei Eszter O.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pigment cell and melanoma research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1755-148X
pISSN - 1755-1471
DOI - 10.1111/pcmr.12015
Subject(s) - vitamin d and neurology , etiology , confounding , ultraviolet radiation , incidence (geometry) , medicine , melanoma , vitamin , risk factor , physiology , environmental health , cancer research , chemistry , physics , radiochemistry , optics
Summary The role of vitamin D (25‐ OH ‐ D , or 25‐hydroxyvitamin D ) and its potential confounders in relationship to melanoma risk and mortality is discussed. The paradox that ultraviolet radiation ( UVR ) exposure is the major environmental risk factor for melanoma etiology as well as a major source of vitamin D might be explained by viewing vitamin D levels as the result of a healthy lifestyle rather than a cause of health.