Contrary to some previous findings, users of topical sunscreens appear to be at no increased risk of developing malignant melanoma, Wisconsin-based researchers report in the July issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
“The issue of sunscreen’s impact on melanoma risk has been debated for some time,” lead researcher Dr. Michael Huncharek told Reuters Health. The current investigation, he pointed out, “was motivated to a large degree” by “a review of the existing literature by Sloan-Kettering epidemiologists…suggesting that sunscreen increased melanoma risk.”
Dr. Huncharek and Bruce Kupelnick of Meta-Analysis Research Group in Stevens Point felt “a more rigorous methodological and statistical evaluation was necessary,” and they thus conducted a meta-analysis using data from 11 case-control studies of sunscreen use and melanoma involving 9067 patients.
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