Sunlight’s Role in Preventing Cancer
Oncology-Natural Sunlight
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Analyze Cancer Prevention Cancer, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, sunlight, plus vitamin D, Vitamin D ResourcesAbstract
The health guidelines for sun exposure, which are now mostly focused on the elevated risks for skin cancer, need to be reviewed in light of mounting data indicating sunlight's protective benefits on an array of cancer types with a high death rate. We looked at a few studies on the connection between sun exposure and cancer, except skin cancer. Environmental research on mortality from non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and sunshine yielded contradictory findings, with early studies demonstrating positive connections and subsequent studies primarily demonstrating negative correlations. In this review, we present UV Radiation, Sunlight and Constituency, Melanoma, Cancer and sun exposure, Vitamin D, Dietary Vitamin D Resources, Sunlight's effects on Pineal Endocrine, Vitamin D3 Derivates, and Sunlight.
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