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If sun exposure causes skin cancers, how is it that some skin cancers grow in body parts that never see the light of day?
Between the toes, on the soles of the feet, even around the genitals ... skin cancers can appear on body parts that rarely or never see the sun. What's going on?
It's true the sun's ultraviolet light has the power to damage our genes and this is far and away the major cause of skin cancers, says Cancer Council Australia CEO Professor Ian Olver.
But if there's any downside to the success of skin cancer awareness campaigns, it's perhaps the misperception that the sun is the only cause of skin cancer. It's not.
http://www.abc.net.au/health/features/stories/2014/01/28/3930977.htm
Between the toes, on the soles of the feet, even around the genitals ... skin cancers can appear on body parts that rarely or never see the sun. What's going on?
It's true the sun's ultraviolet light has the power to damage our genes and this is far and away the major cause of skin cancers, says Cancer Council Australia CEO Professor Ian Olver.
But if there's any downside to the success of skin cancer awareness campaigns, it's perhaps the misperception that the sun is the only cause of skin cancer. It's not.
http://www.abc.net.au/health/features/stories/2014/01/28/3930977.htm