Nearby skin or fatty tissue which is pulled over the wound and stitched….

The small cartilage flap in your throat that prevents food or fluid from going down the wrong way.

The skin protects against heat, sunlight, injury, and infection. Skin also helps control body temperature and stores water and fat. Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer. It usually forms in skin that has been exposed to sunlight,…

Cancer that only affects cells on the surface of the top layer of the skin. Not invasive….

A piece of skin taken from one part of the body to another to cover a wound….

…followed up until 2018. Patients recorded whether each melanoma was discovered during a routine clinical skin check, or it was self-detected. The results showed that people whose melanomas were detected through a routine clinical skin check had a 25% lower…

Skin cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the skin. On this page you will find information on: Types of skin cancer How common is skin cancer? Risk factors Diagnosis Treatment Prognosis Support for Queenslanders Resources Types of…

…more commonly among older age groups and females, and varied by location, skin sensitivity, skin colour, risk perception, and socio-economic index. What does this mean? Whole-body skin check behaviours in Australia have remained relatively stable overall but differ according to…

…is at greater risk.” The project will bring together researchers from the Australian Skin and Skin Cancer Research Centre (ASSC) and the Queensland Melanoma Collaborative, which also comprises QIMR-Berghofer and Cancer Council. The study will use data collected over 30…