In the current study we describe sun exposure and protection habits of pediatric patients with a history of malignancy compared to those of healthy children, and identify factors associated with sun behavior. We hypothesized that sun exposure would be decreased, and that usage of sun–protection measures would be increased in patients compared to healthy controls.
Since about 12% of our patients were Jewish ultra-orthodox, whose lifestyle encourages a conservative
dress code with indoor scholarly activity and minimal skin exposure, we compared
sun-habits of ultra-orthodox and non-religious participants of both study groups.