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Prevention is better than the cure: fighting the tanning trend

Long-running public health campaigns such as Slip Slop Slap likely contributed to decreased incidence of melanoma in Australian children.

Credit: Cancer Council Credit: Screenshot Robotzo Blogspot

Two in three Australians will receive some form of skin cancer diagnosis in their lifetime, with one person dying with melanoma every six hours.


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