Abstract
In 2015, non-melanoma skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma) was the highest incidence in the Brazilian population. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is the main cause of this cancer and estimates point that 182,000 people in Brazil received this diagnosis in 2015, reinforcing the problem. Topical application of DNA repair enzymes, such as photolyase, is a convenient str…