Risk of skin cancer during sun exposure

During summertime, we spend part of our day to bronze our self, but as reported in scientific literature, UV rays can induce double strand breaks into DNA molecule, causing serious problems. Skin tumour is the most common cancer and between skin cancers non-melanomas are the most diffused.

Basal and squamous cells carcinoma are not lethal and usually don’t spread in metastases; surgical intervention or local chemotherapy are successfully used to care these cancers. By contrast, melanoma is more dangerous and, in some cases, causes death of patients when is diagnosed too late and is already spread in other part of the body. Sunburns is the principal risk factor for all skin cancers that normally appear in region of body that are not often exposed to sun, for instance bell, and can slowly start melanine production and, so, the natural protective process; red or fair hair with light eyes are characteristics of people that more frequently is affected by these tumours. Prevention is essential to reduce risk, in particular it’s essential to limit sun exposure during childhood and, in general, during hottest hours of day from 10AM to 4 PM, always wear protective clothes or sunscreens that block UV rays.