Category: Skin Cancer
From immunotherapy to mRNA vaccines – the latest science on melanoma treatment explained
Sarah Diepstraten, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and John (Eddie) La Marca, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute More than 16,000 Australians will be diagnosed with melanoma each year. Most of these will be caught early, and can be cured by…
Skin cancer screening guidelines can seem confusing – three skin cancer researchers explain when to consider getting checked
Skin cancer affects about 6 million Americans yearly, more than all other types of cancers combined.
Sunscreen: here’s why it’s an anti-ageing skincare essential
Photoageing is a cumulative process that occurs over time. Doing anything you can to limit exposure will slow this process – But choosing the right kind of sunscreen may also help somewhat.
Are We Screening Too Much for Skin Cancer? It’s Complicated.
By screening more people and classifying more ambiguous lesions as cancer, health care providers have been “overdiagnosing” melanoma, flagging too many harmless skin spots that would have never proved harmful, some researchers argue.
Melanoma rates drop sharply among teens, young adults, UW study finds
The finding suggests that public-health efforts advocating sun protection are changing behaviors among Millennials and Post-Millennials.