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Lynne Lamberg
JAMA contributor

JAMA. 1998;279:1427-1428.

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ALONG WITH avoiding excessive sun exposure, following a diet low in fat and high in fruits and vegetables also may help prevent nonmelanoma skin cancer, according to a report presented at this year's annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) in Orlando, Fla.

Harvey Arbesman, MD, clinical assistant professor of dermatology and social and preventive medicine at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, reported findings from more than 50 animal and human studies on nutrition and skin cancer published in peer-reviewed journals.

A diet with less than 20% of the total calories obtained from fat, Arbesman said, may reduce the development of the precancers known as actinic keratoses and of nonmelanoma skin cancers. In one study, 101 persons with nonmelanoma skin cancers were randomized to a control group of persons who consumed, on average, 38% of their caloric intake as . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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