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Open Journal of Nursing, 2011, 1, 43-50 OJN doi:10.4236/ojn.2011.13006 Published Online December 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/OJN/). Current patterns of the sun protection measures adopted by nurses and the risk factors influencing their compliance Hero Brokalaki1 2* 3 1 , Evridiki Patelarou , Constantine Vardavas , Ioannis S. Elefsiniotis , Konstantinos A. Giakoumidakis1, Eirini Brokalaki4 1Faculty of Nursing, University of Athens, Athens, Greece; 2University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece; 3Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece; 4Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany. * Email: patelarou@edu.med.uoc.gr Received 21 August 2011; revised 22 September 2011; accepted 12 October 2011. ABSTRACT over the past decades, specifically 85% more than any other major cancer [1-2]. The exact etiology of skin The incidence of skin cancer is increasing worldwide. cancer is unknown [3] with childhood and adolescent Included in high risk group are people who have light years identified as key periods in the etiology of subse- common phenotypic factors (hair, skin, eyes), have quent melanoma [4-5]. Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) high number of naevi, report previous sunburns and radiation has been linked with an increased risk of de- have a family history of skin cancer. Protecting the