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

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,…

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

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

…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…

…workers – building/construction, rural/farming, local government and public sector. Around 70 per cent of all outdoor workers surveyed believed it was likely they would develop skin cancer in the future. About 42 per cent had already had a skin cancer,…

Queensland is the skin cancer capital of the world. In a groundbreaking research initiative, Dr. Mathias Seviiri is unravelling the genetic mysteries behind skin cancer treatment responses and risk predictions, with a focus on melanoma and keratinocyte cancer – two…