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Can green tea protect against not only sunburn but also melanoma?
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Abstract： @@ To the Editor: I read with great interest the recent article by Song et al1 who showed that green tea may play a protective role from ultraviolet B (UVB)-induced skin damage and thus may be a therapeutically effective agent against sunburn.Since excessive exposure to the sun and frequent sunburns predispose to melanoma, one wonders if green tea can also protect against melanoma.
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