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Do you know how to check for signs of skin cancer on yourself?
The sooner you discover and treat a skin cancer, the better chance you have of preventing the need for surgery as well as improving your chance of survival. It is important to become familiar with your skin so that you are able to recognise any changes, as skin...
The dangers of UV exposure for athletes
Did you know that athletes from a wide range of sports can exceed the ultraviolet exposure limit by up to almost eight times the recommended during the hotter months. Whilst regular physical activity is associated with reduced risk of almost all types of cancer, skin...
Scientists find some normal skin bacteria can help protect you from skin cancer
Did you know your body contains 10 times as many bacterial cells as it does human cells? In fact, there is around one million bacteria living on each square centimetre of your skin! Some bacteria that normally live on human skin has been discovered to produce a...
Does your skin type make you more at risk for skin cancer?
In 2010, almost 780,000 skin cancers were diagnosed and treated in Australia. 1 Invasive melanomasmake up a very small percentage of these, with the vast majority being nonmelanoma skin cancers inpeople aged over 60 years. 2 The Royal Australian College of General...
COVID-19 threatening the prevention and treatment of skin cancer
Despite bringing the world to a halt in 2020, COVID-19 has not altered skin cancer growth. Oneperson is diagnosed with skin cancer every half and hours in Australia. This creates an unfortunatecircumstance, as those most at risk of COVID-19 complications (i.e....
A vaccine against melanoma may be on the horizon
A small American clinical trial has found that a vaccine targeted against specific cancer cells has hadlong lasting beneficial effects in patients with a high risk of recurrence. The vaccine, known asNeoVax, is designed to target proteins on the tumour cells and is...
Are you a regular beach goer? You may be at increased risk.
An Australian first study performed by a Queensland study has revealed that regular beach goers aresix times more likely to be diagnosed with a melanoma in comparison to the general Australianpopulation. The study was undertaken at Southern Cross University and...