Does Incidence of Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer Decrease with Increasing Degree of Visual Impairment
- 1 May 2006
- journal article
- special section-on-cancer-and-rhythm
- Published by Springer Nature in Cancer Causes & Control
- Vol. 17 (4) , 573-576
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-005-9005-6
Abstract
The issue of light at night and cancer continuously attracts discussion. The major hypotheses are that melatonin may decrease risk of hormone-related cancers, particularly breast cancer, or even act as a potent antioxidant and thus have a protective effect against cancer development in general.Keywords
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