Effects of sunscreen on skin cancer and photoaging.

Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed

Cancer and Population Studies Group, Royal Brisbane Hospital, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Published: October 2014

Application of sunscreen to the skin is widely used as an adjunct strategy, along with wearing protective clothing and seeking shade, to protect against skin cancer and photoaging that result from excessive sun exposure. Many epidemiological studies of case-control and cohort study design have studied the effects of sunscreen use on skin cancer, and more recently photoaging, but their findings have been mostly uninformative. This review of results of randomized controlled trials shows that the evidence, though limited, supports beneficial effects of sunscreen application on the occurrence of skin cancers and skin photoaging.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/phpp.12109DOI Listing

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