These apps and software programs could provide access to lifesaving screening – if researchers can find a way to remove the baked-in bias.
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Monoclonal antibody drugs like Keytruda attack cancer cells in a different way to chemotherapy drugs.
Addressing sun exposure misinformation, such as online tanning trends and sunscreen myths, is important, but effective advice about UV protection is crucial, too. ‘No tan, no burn’ is the goal.
Cells called macrophages can devour living cancer cells – and may hold the key for successful treatment.
The new study shows the number of moles on almost 4,000 children dropped by 47% between 1992 and 2016. But here’s what parents still need to watch for.
Those silver strands could be an outward sign of the body’s own intricate defences against cancer, a recent study in mice has shown.
Tattoos linked to lower melanoma risk but questions remain.
Our warm weather season is short, and it’s important to enjoy the outdoors. The point isn’t to be sun-scared — just stay sun-safe.
A big freckle or a sunspot? A flat mole or a dark freckle? Here’s how to tell the difference between the three – and when to get a spot checked for skin cancer.
A new study has linked higher levels of air pollution to a reduced risk of developing melanoma, but an oncologist warns that the results may be misinterpreted.
From nausea and vomiting to brain swelling and erection problems. These are just some of the side effects of melanotan-II.
Sun exposure can cause mutations that promote skin cancer. Getting them early in life means they have more time to overwhelm the body’s protective mechanisms.
Blanket screening Australians for skin cancer might lead to more diagnoses but not necessarily save more lives or be cost-effective.
Gels and acrylics might be fashionable but they could also hide the signs of potential existing health issues – and cause a few of their own.
Could mRNA vaccines be the next big thing for melanoma?
Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer.
Excessive exposure causes skin cancer, but sun exposure also has benefits. How do you balance the two?
Collarium sunbeds are promoted as a means to tan quickly, and reduce the effects of aging on the skin. Two experts explain what to make of their claims.
A cancer that spreads is much more dangerous. Here’s why – and how it happens.
Malignant melanoma affects 325,000 people worldwide each year.
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Professor of Dermatology, The University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
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Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor and Group Leader at the Cancer Control Group, QIMR Berghofer
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Professor in Behavioural Science, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Cancer Epidemiology, The Daffodil Centre and Melanoma Institute Australia, University of Sydney
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Research Manager, The University of Queensland
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Dermatologist and lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer Division, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
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Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
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Chief Specialist Scientist (Public Health), South African Medical Research Council
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Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine (Division of Dermatology), The University of Texas at Austin
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Assistant Professor of Systems Biology and Cancer Metabolism, University of California, Merced
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Professor, Department of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University