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Tattoos cause skin cancer.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that tattoos cause skin cancer?

Unclear. The retrieved evidence does not support the claim that tattoos cause skin cancer. A French cohort study found no association between tattoo exposure and any skin cancer type, and a mouse study found black tattoos delayed UVR-induced skin cancer; a review notes it remains unknown whether tattoos cause cancer in humans.

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Evidence against · 4
Black tattoos protect against <scp>UVR</scp>‐induced skin cancer in mice
2015
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Lerche, C. M., Sepehri, M., Serup, J., Poulsen, T., & Wulf, H. C. (2015). Black tattoos protect against <scp>UVR</scp>‐induced skin cancer in mice. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpp.12181

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Tattoos and risk of cutaneous melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer in France – IARC
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Tattoos and risk of cutaneous melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer in France – IARC. (n.d.). iarc.who.int. https://www.iarc.who.int/news-events/tattoos-and-risk-of-cutaneous-melanoma-and-non-melanoma-skin-cancer-in-france/

Tattoos: a new ancient carcinogen?
2022
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Tattoos: a new ancient carcinogen?. (2022). hal.science. https://doi.org/10.1289/isee.2022.P-0359

Adverse reactions to tattoos [Reazioni avverse ai tatuaggi]
2012
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Adverse reactions to tattoos [Reazioni avverse ai tatuaggi]. (2012). hdl.handle.net. https://hdl.handle.net/11365/1003212

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