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Relationship of Fluorescent Lights to Malignant Melanoma: Another View

RIGEL, DARRELL S. M.D.¹; FRIEDMAN, ROBERT J. M.D.²; LEVENSTEIN, MARCIA J. D.Sc.³; GREENWALD, DAWN I. M.D.⁴

¹ Clinical Instructor, Department of Dermatology, New York University Medical Center.

² Dermatology and Instructor in Pathology, New York University Medical Center.

³ Statistician, New York University Medical Center.

⁴ Instructor, Department of Dermatology, New York University Medical Center.

Address reprint requests to Darrell S. Rigel, M.D., 566 First Avenue, Skin & Cancer Unit, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY 10016.

The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology 9(10):p 836-838, October 1983. | DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1983.tb00741.x

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Abstract

In an attempt to determine whether exposure to fluorescent lights may cause an increased risk for developing melanoma, 114 patients with melanoma were compared to 228 age-matched controls. Fluorescent-light exposure, along with 10 other risk factors, was analyzed for its possible relationship to malignant melanoma. No association was found between fluorescent-light exposure and increased risk for acquiring malignant melanoma.