Vitamin B3 can help protect against skin cancer. Here’s who may benefit

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(Snezhana Kudryavtseva | iStockphoto/Getty Images)Doctors who perform skin cancer surgeries often recommend nicotinamide — which is a form of Vitamin B3 — to their patients. Overall, the reduction in skin cancer risk, across all the participants, was about 14 percent. Evidence to support the potential benefits of B3 supplements to protect against skin cancer goes back a decade. “I am going to be more rigorous in recommending it to patients, especially patients who are having their first skin cancer. One unanswered question is whether B3 supplements are beneficial for people who have never been diagnosed with skin cancer.