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In this issue of the Journal, investigators from the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, Australia, demonstrate that daily use of a sunscreen with a high sun-protection factor reduces the number of new precancerous solar keratoses and increases the rate of remission of preexisting solar keratoses in persons at high risk for skin cancer¹. A total of 431 subjects with substantial sun-induced skin damage and a mean age of 63 years completed the randomized, vehicle-controlled trial. After seven months, the average subject who used the sunscreen had a net loss of approximately one keratosis, whereas the average subject who used the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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