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Review ArticleProceedings of the Joint International Symposium “Vitamin D in Prevention and Therapy” and “Biologic Effects of Light”, June 21-23, 2017 (Homburg/Saar, Germany)R

A Critical Appraisal of the Recent Reports on Sunbeds from the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks and from the World Health Organization

JÖRG REICHRATH, PELLE G. LINDQVIST, FRANK R. DE GRUIJL, STEFAN PILZ, SAMANTHA M. KIMBALL, WILLIAM B. GRANT and MICHAEL F. HOLICK
Anticancer Research February 2018, 38 (2) 1111-1120;
JÖRG REICHRATH
1Center for Clinical and Experimental Photodermatology, The Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany
2Department of Dermatology, The Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany
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PELLE G. LINDQVIST
3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden
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FRANK R. DE GRUIJL
4Department of Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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STEFAN PILZ
5Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
6Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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SAMANTHA M. KIMBALL
7Department of Research, Pure North S'Energy Foundation, Calgary, Canada
8St. Mary's University, Calgary, Canada
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WILLIAM B. GRANT
9Sunlight, Nutrition and Health Research Center, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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MICHAEL F. HOLICK
10Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
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Abstract

The European Commission's Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks and the World Health Organization recently published reports which concluded that a large proportion of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer is attributable to sunbed use, and that there is no need to use sunbeds as there are no health benefits and they are not needed to achieve an optimal vitamin D level. The overall conclusion from both bodies was that there is no safe limit for UV irradiance from sunbeds. We are, however, deeply concerned that these assessments appear to be based on an incomplete, unbalanced and non-critical evaluation of the literature. Therefore, we rebut these conclusions by addressing the incomplete analysis of the adverse health effects of UV and sunbed exposure (what is ‘safe’?) and the censored representation of beneficial effects, not only but especially from vitamin D production. The stance taken by both agencies is not sufficiently supported by the data and in particular, current scientific knowledge does not support the conclusion sunbed use increases melanoma risk.

  • SCHEER report on sunbeds
  • WHO report on sunbeds
  • solarium
  • melanoma
  • sunbed
  • melanoma risk
  • tanning
  • indoor tanning
  • review
  • Received October 31, 2017.
  • Revision received December 5, 2017.
  • Accepted December 18, 2017.
  • Copyright© 2018, International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved
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