Background: Studies have shown that higher solar UV radiation exposure (UVR) may be
related to lower risk of some cancers in adults. Recently an ecological study reported lower …

Background: Studies have shown that higher solar UV radiation exposure (UVR) may be
related to lower risk of some cancers in adults. Recently, an ecologic study reported lower …

Childhood cancer is a rare disease that may be triggered prenatally. The few known causes
of pediatric cancers include ionizing radiation, Down syndrome, and some genetic or …

There is some evidence for the relationship between sunlight exposure and the risk of
childhood cancer, according to this American ecological study. However, for an authoritative …

Objective: To review the evidence that childhood is a period of particular susceptibility to the
carcinogenic effects of solar radiation. Methods: Studies were identified through searches of …

Background: Childhood hematological malignancies (CHM) are the most frequent pediatric
cancers yet their environmental drivers remain largely unknown. Solar ultraviolet radiation …

Objective. Epidemiologic evidence suggests that ultraviolet radiation (UVR), from sun
exposure and sunburns during early life, is associated with increased risk of melanoma and …

Background The presentations and discussions in this session emphasized the lack of
biological data specifically of relevance to UVR exposure of children and associated …

BACKGROUND There are large geographic gradients in mortality rates for a number of
cancers in the US (eg, rates are approximately twice as high in the northeast compared with …

Sunlight sustains life on earth. Sunlight is essential for vitamin D synthesis in the skin. The
sun's ultraviolet rays can be hazardous, however, because excessive exposure causes skin …