In cancer, sometimes I wonder which one’s gotta give. Less of something may reduce risk of one cancer but will increase risk of another cancer type.
Like sunlight. It is already a given that more exposure to its bad rays will most likely give you skin cancer. And now, the lack of it may increase the risk of lung cancer – as suggested by a study of rates of the disease in over 100 countries.
The researchers looked at the association between latitude, exposure to ultraviolet B (UVB) light, and rates of lung cancer according to age in 111 countries across several …read more