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Queensland's skin cancer rates are about 40 per cent higher than in the rest of Australia and the state is tackling a major reduction in incidence of this preventable deadly disease.

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Queensland's skin cancer rates are about 40 per cent higher than in the rest of Australia and the state is tackling a major reduction in incidence of this preventable deadly disease.

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