Get Some Sun to Treat Cancer?
For years we have been told that sunlight causes cancer, and that we should work hard to avoid sun exposure. This sun-cancer connection certainly still holds true for many types of skin cancer, especially for fair-skinned individuals. If we need proof that the sun causes skin cancer, we need only look at the increasingly alarming rate of skin cancer among teenagers. However, all of this said, maybe the sun is not completely bad after all, as new research suggests that sunlight may actually benefit those who already have internal cancer.
Image from: http://www.arcetri.astro.it/~palla/ANDREAIMMAGINI/sun
June 20th, 2005 at 10:14 pm
uhmmm, i beg to differ with this a bit. i think it’s more of a “luck of the draw” in that not every smoker will get cancer-type analogy.
i’d like to respond further, but have to get up at 4:00 a.m. — i will be back tomorrow with some back-up to my statement, aside from having two children who have had bouts with malignant melanoma…
peace