Green A, Siskind V, Bain C, Alexander J
Br J Cancer. 1985 Mar;51(3):393-7. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1985.53.
We investigated the relationship between cutaneous malignant melanoma and multiple sunburns in the Queensland population. Interview data were gathered from 236 case-control pairs concerning their lifetime experience of severe sunburns, their occupational and recreational sun exposure, and their skin type. Excluding the lentigo maligna melanoma subtype, an association between multiple sunburns and melanoma was evident. After controlling for other major risk factors there was a significant dose-response relationship (P less than 0.05): the estimated relative risk associated with 2-5 sunburns in life was 1.5, and with 6 or more was 2.4. This observation extends the hitherto circumstantial evidence of a causal relationship between exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation and melanoma, and suggests that precautionary measures could prevent the development of this disease in a proportion of cases in fair-skinned populations.
我们在昆士兰人群中研究了皮肤恶性黑色素瘤与多次晒伤之间的关系。通过访谈收集了236对病例对照者的相关数据,内容涉及他们一生中严重晒伤的经历、职业及娱乐活动中的阳光暴露情况以及皮肤类型。排除恶性雀斑样痣黑色素瘤亚型后,多次晒伤与黑色素瘤之间的关联明显。在控制了其他主要风险因素后,存在显著的剂量反应关系(P小于0.05):一生中经历2至5次晒伤的估计相对风险为1.5,6次或更多次晒伤的估计相对风险为2.4。这一观察结果扩展了迄今为止关于暴露于太阳紫外线辐射与黑色素瘤之间因果关系的间接证据,并表明预防措施可以在一定比例的白皮肤人群中预防该疾病的发生。