Dietary vitamin A may protect against common skin cancer

Dietary vitamin A may protect against common skin cancer

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By Sally Robertson, B.Sc.Jul 31 2019Reviewed by Kate Anderton, B.Sc. (Editor)

Increasing the intake of dietary vitamin A may reduce the risk of developing cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), according to a new study recently published in JAMA Dermatology. The study found an inverse association between dietary vitamin A intake and cutaneous SCC risk, suggesting that the vitamin may help to protect against the cancer.

“Future studies are needed to determine whether vitamin A supplementation has a role in chemoprevention of SCC,” writes Eunyoung Cho (Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island) and international collaborators.