4 h. ago New wearable UV detector can monitor exposure and prevent sunburn

Prolonged exposure to UVA accelerates skin ageing and increases the risk of cancer, but this wearable device could signal when it hits dangerous levels

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23 h. ago The cream you can pick up at the pharmacy that can help fight skin cancer

Research shows common steroid creams can shrink melanoma tumours

Politics

33 h. ago This cheap vitamin could prevent the world’s most frequently diagnosed cancer

New research suggests that adding this pill to daily routines could dramatically lower skin cancer risk

Science

34 h. ago Diane Keaton's tragic reason behind always covering neck up and wearing hats

Diane Keaton, celebrated for her acting and iconic style, used hats and turtlenecks to protect herself from sun and conceal flaws, a tactic shaped by skin cancer battles

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58 h. ago The widely available supplement that may reduce your risk of skin cancer

New research suggests a vitamin B3 supplement may prevent many cases of the world’s most frequently diagnosed cancer

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9 d. ago Research suggests tattoos might protect against deadly cancer

Researchers in Utah compared melanoma patients with healthy people to see if tattoos, especially extensive ones, affect cancer risk

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1 week ago Research suggest tattoos might protect against deadly cancer

Researchers in Utah compared melanoma patients with healthy people to see if tattoos, especially extensive ones, affect cancer risk

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1 week ago 'You never think it's going to happen to you, I never did the things that put you at risk'

SCC is the second most common form of non-melanoma skin cancer, with at least 50,000 cases diagnosed in the UK every year, and numbers are rising by five per cent annually.

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1 week ago Doctors demand all sunbeds banned in UK as young women blighted by skin cancer

Current restrictions are 'ineffective' and have had 'little effect' on tanning bed use by young people, the boffins added as shocking data showed 28% of the public use sunbeds

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2 w. ago Sunbeds should be banned in the UK to cut skin cancer rates, experts say

Exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunbeds was confirmed to be carcinogenic to humans in 2009 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

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2 w. ago ‘I rolled out a new AI skin cancer screening tool at my work – I never expected it to save my life’

‘It wasn’t causing me any trouble. I thought I’d be wasting the GP’s time,’ says Lynsey Robertson

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2 w. ago Ian Holloway issues warning to fans as Swindon Town boss reveals ‘shock’ cancer scare

The former QPR and Blackpool manager had a growth on his face

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3 w. ago 'Our son's curly hair hid fatal disease – now we're taking action'

Rhys Russell was just 15 when a chance discovery led to him being diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer on his scalp and his stepdad is now honouring his memory further

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3 w. ago 'Our son, 18, died when curly hair hid deadly disease – now we're taking action'

Rhys Russell was just 15 when a chance discovery led to him being diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer on his scalp and his stepdad is now honouring his memory further

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4 w. ago Simple vitamin could reduce risk of deadly skin cancer, experts discover

Taking an over-the-counter vitamin supplement could help you prevent skin cancer, groundbreaking research suggested today.

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4 w. ago Using sunbeds at 16 gave me cancer and I'm horrified to hear 10

When Emma Gannuzzi was given the news that she had the deadliest form of skin cancer, instead of railing at the injustice of the diagnosis, she blamed herself.

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