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Skin Cancer Screening Guidelines Can Seem Confusing — Three Skin Cancer Researchers Explain When to Consider Getting Checked
By Enrique Torchia, Neil Box, and Tamara Terzian Your Health

Skin Cancer Screening Guidelines Can Seem Confusing — Three Skin Cancer Researchers Explain When to Consider Getting Checked

Protecting oneself from the summer sun and its damaging ultraviolet rays is often not straightforward. And public health messaging around when and how to be screened for skin cancer has become somewhat confusing. In April 2023, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent national panel of science experts, provided updated recommendations on skin cancer […]

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80% Of All Cancers Are On The Skin: What Happens If I Have One?
By Katie Lee, Erin McMeniman and H. Peter Soyer Your Health

80% Of All Cancers Are On The Skin: What Happens If I Have One?

Two in three Australians will have a skin cancer in their lifetime, nearly all of them basal cell carcinomas (BCC), squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) or melanomas. If the spot removed was more like a sore or lump than a mole, it’s likely your doctor is talking about basal or squamous cell carcinoma, also called keratinocyte […]

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