A novel study hints at a surprising link between eating fish and skin cancer

"Melanoma is the fifth most common cancer in the U.S.A., and the risk of developing melanoma over a lifetime is one in 38 for white people, one in 1,000 for Black people, and one in 167 for Hispanic people1. Although fish intake has increased in the U.S.A. and Europe in recent decades, the results of previous studies investigating associations between fish intake and melanoma risk have been inconsistent.

Researchers from Brown University and the National Cancer Institute followed the eating habits of 491, 367 older Americans aged 50-71 over 15 years to evaluate how many of them developed melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer in response to high fish consumption.

All of these elements could result in inaccurate or faulty results so the researchers made a note that they do not recommend any changes to fish consumption at the moment and that the sun remains the dominant cause of skin cancer. Still, the work is a first step to understanding the link betweenAdvertisementPrior epidemiological studies evaluating the association between fish intake and melanoma risk have been few and inconsistent. Few studies distinguished different types of fish intake with risk of melanoma.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

Wow, so this is from Brown University? Now what 🥴 Wonder how come it's just skin cancer? Also - are skin cancers up overall, even for non-tuna eaters? Is it the same for salmon? 😫 Fish oil pills? And sunscreen... Will have to keep my eye out for follow up stories

Is that because they've been out for hours catching it?

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