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> cancer progresses much faster in summer than in winter Can you point me to a reference for this? This pattern is surprising and I would like to learn more ab
by cracker_jacks 7y ago
> cancer progresses much faster in summer than in winter
Can you point me to a reference for this? This pattern is surprising and I would like to learn more about this.
- herf 7y agoI think the seasonality data may be mixed, with more diagnoses in the fall and spring in human subjects studies. This particular claim was a hypothesis from Richard Stevens, with some experimental work that shows rapid cancer growth under constant light (in human tumors implanted in mice) by Blask (2002, 2005): http://www.nel.edu/userfiles/articlesnew/NEL230802A03.pdf http://www.nel.edu/userfiles/articlesnew/NEL230802A03.pdf The main mechanism in the Blask work is thought to be suppression of melatonin.
- msamwald 7y agoThe rat study you cite here is certainly far from sufficient evidence to make such bold claims or implicated that indoor lighting can promote cancer development in humans! I think you should edit your statement in the top comment further to make it clear that you are not referring to any solid human data here at all.