That sun exposure can cause melanoma is a something that every dermatologist would tell you with utter certainty. But according to recent studies and information that is not the case at all.
The study was conducted in the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and brought to light an amazing fact that can save our lives and prevent us from any false information.
The conclusion of the study stated that sunlight and sun exposure cannot cause skin cancer but prevent it. The research shows that the amount of vitamin D we get from sun exposure can actually protect our body from several cancer types, 13 to be exact.
Melanoma is a more aggressive for and type of cancer that can happen to anybody and usually start as skin developments that ca quickly spread to other parts of the body. Melanoma is responsible for most deaths due to skin cancer and it has a very insidious nature.
Yet, many studies show that sun exposure is not at all the main and frontal factors of getting melanoma.
The breakthrough was done by Dr. Daniel Colt in the Cancer Center that works as an oncologist. There are many presentations done by this doctor and they have already shocked the medicinal world with the fact that any sun preventing creams and ointments cannot protect you from skin cancer.
He explains that genetics are family history are responsible for getting melanoma and gene mutation too.
According to him the amounts of vitamin D we get from the sun can provide many anti-cancer properties and can protect our body from almost all types of cancer. Vitamin D can also inhibit the growth of cancer cells and stop cancer progression all together.
In conclusion, greater sun exposure can actually lower the risk of getting skin cancer and all of the sun protection products we use can actually do more harm than good.
