13. Cancers attributable to solar (ultraviolet) radiation exposure in the UK in 2010

Abstract

The evaluation by IARC (1992) concluded that 'There is sufficient evidence in humans for the carcinogenicity of solar radiation. Solar radiation causes cutaneous malignant melanoma and nonmelanocytic skin cancer. There is limited evidence in humans for the carcinogenicity of exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from sunlamps and sun beds'.