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An Epidemiological Review of Diet and Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma

Keming Yang, Teresa T. Fung and Hongmei Nan
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1Department of Epidemiology, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Teresa T. Fung
2Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts.
3Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Hongmei Nan
1Department of Epidemiology, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana.
4IU Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-0243 Published October 2018
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Incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma has continued to rise despite public efforts to promote sun protection behaviors among populations at risk. However, dietary factors may also affect the development of melanoma. In the past few decades, findings from epidemiologic and experimental research have linked consumption of several foods and other nutrients to the risk of melanoma. Caffeine has been associated with a lower risk of melanoma, and citrus fruits and alcohol with increased risk. Associations between polyunsaturated fatty acid, niacin/nicotinamide, folate, and vitamin D with melanoma remain controversial. Diet likely influences melanoma development through several potential mechanisms, such as enhancing UV-induced apoptosis and increasing photosensitivity. We conducted a narrative review to summarize recent epidemiologic studies of diet and melanoma based on published literature. Given the high prevalence of the food items and nutrients covered in this review and the decades-long rising melanoma incidence worldwide, the associations we discuss may have important public health implications in terms of reducing melanoma incidence through dietary modification. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 27(10); 1115–22. ©2018 AACR.

This article is featured in Highlights of This Issue, p. 1113

  • Received March 6, 2018.
  • Revision received June 1, 2018.
  • Accepted July 9, 2018.
  • Published first July 17, 2018.
  • ©2018 American Association for Cancer Research.
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October 2018
Volume 27, Issue 10
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An Epidemiological Review of Diet and Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma
Keming Yang, Teresa T. Fung and Hongmei Nan
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev October 1 2018 (27) (10) 1115-1122; DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-0243

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Keming Yang, Teresa T. Fung and Hongmei Nan
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev October 1 2018 (27) (10) 1115-1122; DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-0243
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