Impact of personal sun sensitivity and ultraviolet radiation on the association between blistering sunburns and melanoma

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address: zhiming.mai@nih.gov.
² Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland.
³ Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland; Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia.
⁴ Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Jim Z Mai et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;93(2):483-485.

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2025.04.048. Epub 2025 Apr 25.

¹ Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address: zhiming.mai@nih.gov.
² Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland.
³ Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland; Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia.
⁴ Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

No abstract available

Keywords: cutaneous melanoma; epidemiology; sunburn; ultraviolet radiation.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest None disclosed.

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