Moisturizers Spur Skin Cancer in Mouse Study

Common moisturizing creams helped skin cancers spread and tumors grow in mice exposed to UV radiation, researchers at Rutgers University reported recently.

They found that mice treated with skin moisturizers showed an increased rate of tumor formation. In addition, there were more tumors on those mice treated with moisturizers than on those given UV radiation only.

The moisturizers used in the study were:

• Dermabase, made by Patrick Laboratories in Minneapolis;
• Dermovan, made by Galderma Laboratory Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas;
• Eucerin Original Moisturizing Cream, made by Beiersdorf of Hamburg Germany; and
• Vanicream, made by Pharmaceutical Specialties Inc., in Rochester, Minn.

Source: MSN Health & Fitness, 14 August 2008

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