Even a little tanning bed exposure can increase skin cancer risk.
Definitive evidence links tanning bed use to increased melanoma risk, but links to nonmelanoma skin cancer, particularly basal cell carcinoma (BCC), are less clear. These investigators conducted a prospective-retrospective, mixed-cohort analysis of early tanning bed use and incident skin cancer among nearly 74,000 participants in the Nurses' Health Study II .
Over the 20-year follow-up period, BCC was diagnosed in 5506 women, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in 403, and melanoma in 349. For participants who used tanning beds four times per year, the multivariable hazard ratio was 1.15 for BCC, 1.15 for SCC, and 1.11 for melanoma. A dose–response relationship between tanning bed frequency and skin cancer incidence was seen: Six-times-per-year ta…
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Grant / Research support NIH; NIH/NCI; Veteran’s Administration; Ferndale Laboratories; Kyowa Hakko Kirin Pharma, Inc.
Editorial boards Cancer Prevention Research; Photodermatology, Photoimmunology, & Photomedicine; UpToDate; eMedicine; Journal of Dermatological Sciences; JAMA Dermatology
Leadership positions in professional societies American Academy of Dermatology (Vice Chair, Committee on Science and Research); Photomedicine Society (Board of Directors)
DisclosuresConsultant / Advisory board Astellas Pharmaceuticals
EquityVaxin
Grant / Research support NIH; NIH/NCI; Veteran’s Administration; Ferndale Laboratories; Kyowa Hakko Kirin Pharma, Inc.
Editorial boards Cancer Prevention Research; Photodermatology, Photoimmunology, & Photomedicine; UpToDate; eMedicine; Journal of Dermatological Sciences; JAMA Dermatology
Leadership positions in professional societies American Academy of Dermatology (Vice Chair, Committee on Science and Research); Photomedicine Society (Board of Directors)