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Deaths from melanoma doubles, new research shows

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Australia has one the highest rates of skin cancer in the world with Melanoma, typically, the most serious type. But new research is highlighting an alarming discovery. In the past 20 years, deaths from a high- risk form of non-melanoma skin cancer, have doubled.
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