Sunlight & Skin Cancer

F'guyer S, Afaq F, Mukhtar H. Photochemoprevention of skin cancer by botanical agents. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed. 2003 Apr;19(2):56-72. Department of Dermatology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA.

Chun KS, Park KK, Lee J, Kang M, Surh YJ. Inhibition of mouse skin tumor promotion by anti-inflammatory diarylheptanoids derived from Alpinia oxyphylla Miquel (Zingiberaceae). Oncol Res. 2002;13(1):37-45. Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Shinlim-dong, South Korea.

Gallagher RP, Bajdik CD, Fincham S, Hill GB, Keefe AR, Coldman A, McLean DI. Chemical exposures, medical history, and risk of squamous and basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1996 Jun;5(6):419-24. Division of Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada.

Gies PH, Roy CR, Toomey S, McLennan A. Protection against solar ultraviolet radiation. Mutat Res. 1998 Nov 9;422(1):15-22. Australian Radiation Laboratory, Yallambie, Victoria.

Isoherranen K, Punnonen K, Jansen C, Uotila P. Ultraviolet irradiation induces cyclooxygenase-2 expression in keratinocytes. Br J Dermatol. 1999 Jun;140(6):1017-22. Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Turku, Finland.

Finlay-Jones JJ, Hart PH. Photoprotection: sunscreens and the immunomodulatory effects of UV irradiation. Mutat Res. 1998 Nov 9;422(1):155-9. Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.

de Gruijl FR, Sterenborg HJ, Forbes PD, Davies RE, Cole C, Kelfkens G, van Weelden H, Slaper H, van der Leun JC. Wavelength dependence of skin cancer induction by ultraviolet irradiation of albino hairless mice. Cancer Res. 1993 Jan 1;53(1):53-60. Department of Dermatology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Parker SL, Tong T, Bolden S, Wingo PA. Cancer statistics, 1997. CA Cancer J Clin. 1997 Jan-Feb;47(1):5-27. Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Halliday GM, Yuen KS, Bestak R, Barnetson RS. Sunscreens and vitamin E provide some protection to the skin immune system from solar-simulated UV radiation. Australas J Dermatol. 1998 May;39(2):71-5. Department of Medicine (Dermatology), University of Sydney at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia.

Afaq F, Adhami VM, Ahmad N, Mukhtar H. Botanical antioxidants for chemoprevention of photocarcinogenesis. Front Biosci. 2002 Apr 01;7:d784-92. Review. Department of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University and The Research Institute of University Hospitals of Cleveland, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.