The World Health Organization recommends formal school programmes as the key to preventing skin cancer. Paul Higley/Shutterstock March 7, 2024 Why schools need to take sun safety more seriously – expert explains Julie Peconi, Swansea University Being severely sunburnt as a child more than doubles the chance of developing future skin cancer but less than half of primary schools questioned in new research have a sun safety policy.
Shutterstock March 21, 2022 Vitamin B3, niacinamide and reducing skin cancer risk: what does the research say? Deshan Sebaratnam, UNSW Sydney If you’ve had a skin cancer check lately, you might have been told to consider adding a daily vitamin B3 pill to your skin safety regime.
Although skin cancer is preventable, South Africa still spends millions on treatment. Reuters/Regis Duvignau April 18, 2016 The cost of skin cancer: South Africa is spending more than it should Caradee Yael Wright, South African Medical Research Council and Louisa Griffin, Griffith University Skin cancer – which is preventable – costs the South African health system more than is necessary.