In women, the risk of skin cancer can be reduced due to shift work, as stated by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, BWH.

Lead study author Eva Schernhammer, a researcher in the Channing Laboratory at BWH, “Shift work has been associated with increased risk of certain cancers and chronic non-malignant diseases such as gastrointestinal disorders, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.”

It has been stated that shift work can bring down the risk of cancer but people who work in night have still not been analyzed for skin cancer.

About 68,336 women were seen for 10,799 incidents of skin cancer by researchers for about 18 years for the Nurses' Health Study and link between skin cancer and rotating night shifts was tried to be established.

Lower skin cancer risk was seen among those who worked in rotating night shifts.

It was seen that melanoma had the maximum impact due to rotating night shift while other forms of cancer like basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma also saw a decrease in the risk.

The risk of melanoma was reduced by 44 per cent with shift work, researchers noticed while working ten or more years.