Skin cancer
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Opinion
I’m a doctor who deals with the c-word daily. Yet a brief encounter on a busy day floored me
It’s been a challenging winter and I know my fellow doctors, nurses and paramedics are exhausted. A line from Spider-Man has been echoing in my mind.
- by Farrukh Tufail
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‘It took me decades to realise’: An Australian of the Year’s advice to teen girls
Professor Georgina Long, 2024’s Australian of the Year with fellow melanoma researcher Richard Scolyer, on life, death – and what young women need to know.
- by Benjamin Law
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Cancer
Hayley’s melanoma came back. Then scientists tried something different
The Sydney teacher is one of dozens of Australians who contributed to a global trial set to transform treatment of melanomas and, potentially, other cancers.
- by Angus Thomson
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Advertising
‘Wild west’: The TikTok tanning ads breaching community standards
There are dozens, possibly hundreds, of other similar videos on social media, prompting leading advertising figures to call out marketing tactics lacking social responsibility.
- by Aisha Dow
SPF loophole: Experts’ aerosol sunscreen warning for parents
Radiation and melanoma experts say updates to the TGA’s rules for sunscreen labelling fail to address issues with aerosol sunscreen safety.
- by Mary Ward
No hat, no play is ditched after grade 6. One high school is changing that
Eva Urtone’s primary school had a no-hat, no-play policy, but the policy was forgotten by year seven. Her high school is about to become one of the first in the state to mandate hats.
- by Robyn Grace
Investigation
Health
‘Frightening … reckless’: The companies selling extreme suntanning to young Aussies
A joint investigation by The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and A Current Affair has uncovered the dangerous advertisements and dubious claims being used to promote a new wave of tanning products.
- by Aisha Dow and Georgia Westgarth
Overhaul of melanoma detection could help high-risk patients
A program trying to harness AI to radically change how skin cancer is detected is being considered by the Albanese government.
- by Clay Lucas and Henrietta Cook
$275 to see a GP: Australians priced out of life-saving skin cancer checks
Cancer experts want free screenings for high-risk patients to detect deadly melanomas before they take hold, as people delay checks due to the rising out-of-pocket cost.
- by Henrietta Cook and Clay Lucas
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Healthcare
When a day in the sun ends in the emergency room
Hundreds of Victorians are presenting to hospitals with sunburn so bad they require medical treatment, and children and teens make up almost half the cases.
- by Henrietta Cook
More than 6000 cancer cases ‘missing’ in Victoria
A growing number of people could be living with undiagnosed cancer, as pandemic disruptions and worrying bowel cancer screening rates hamper early detection.
- by Aisha Dow
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/skin-cancer-jr0