Skin Cancer

The best way to reduce your risk of skin cancer is to protect your skin from the sun and other sources of ultraviolet (UV) rays.

Skin cancer arises from the damage of skin cells by UV rays from the sun.

Australia has the highest per capita rates of skin cancer in the world, where 2 out of every 3 Australians will be diagnosed with some form of skin cancer by the age of 70.

Melanoma and Skin Cancer Nurses Organisation Inaugural Summit

Cancer Nurses, Melanoma, Skin Cancer

If outcomes indicate the success of a Summit, then the Inaugural Summit for the Melanoma & Skin Cancer Nurses Organisation (MSCNO) was a gold medal… Read More »Melanoma and Skin Cancer Nurses Organisation Inaugural Summit

Skin Cancer and Artificial Intelligence: The world’s largest imaging trial ever undertaken in skin cancer

Clinical Trials, Melanoma, Skin Cancer

MSCAN caught up with Prof H Peter Soyer, from The University of Queensland, to find out more about the Australian Centre of Excellence in Melanoma… Read More »Skin Cancer and Artificial Intelligence: The world’s largest imaging trial ever undertaken in skin cancer

Tamara Dawson

I am one of the too many Australians that has been diagnosed with a type of skin cancer.

Melanoma, Skin Cancer

I am one of the too many Australians that has been diagnosed with skin cancer. Two in three Australians will be told they have skin… Read More »I am one of the too many Australians that has been diagnosed with a type of skin cancer.