Matti Ojamo

TL;DR: Breast cancer risk decreased by degree of visual impairment (P for trend 0.04) which suggests a dose–response relationship between visible light and breast cancer risk.

TL;DR: Cancer incidence among the visually impaired tended to be increased for most cancer types, and attention should be paid to lifestyle factors underlying the observed risk increases, such as unbalanced diet.

TL;DR: The hypothesis that blind persons are at lower risk of cancer in a follow-up study linking a cohort of 17,557 persons with visual impairment with cancer incidence data of the Finnish Cancer Registry is tested and the result is strongly against the hypothesis of a systemic protective effect related lack of visible light.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of visual acuity (VA) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and the cross-sectional and longitudinal differences in HRQOL during the 11-year follow-up were investigated.

TL;DR: HRQoL was significantly and meaningfully impaired even before the threshold of severe vision loss or blindness was reached, and the results encourage the improvement of available treatment options aiming to postpone the onset of visual impairment or declining VA, to maintain better quality of life among the population.