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We keep abreast of happenings and research across the world and bring you the latest, the important, as well as some less serious but interesting items.

• 23/12/09 | Tanning devices listed as carcinogenic(July 09)

  International cancer experts move tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category. Using a solarium increases a person’s risk of developing melanoma by 15 per cent ...

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• 01/12/09 | Implant found to successfully instruct mouse immune systems to destroy melanoma tumors.

  News BBC (11/26) reports, "An implant placed under the skin can instruct the immune system to attack and kill cancer cells, at least in mice, say researchers. It is the first 'cancer vacci...

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• 01/12/09 | Vitamin D levels at skin cancer diagnosis may be linked to risk of relapse.

  The UK's Telegraph (9/22, Devlin) reported that patients with colon cancer "who had higher levels of vitamin D...when diagnosed with colon cancer were 50 percent more likely to survive tha...

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• 01/12/09 | Kangaroos may provide the key to a treatment that could prevent skin cancer.

  Kangaroos have a skin-repairing enzyme that could be used to create a protective cream for humans Kangaroos may provide the key to a treatment that could prevent skin cancer, Australian scientist...

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• 01/12/09 | Key to why melanoma is so potent. (BBC News.)

  Skin cancer rates have been increasing across the UK Scientists have discovered why a form of skin cancer called melanoma can be so malignant. If not caught early the disease can spread through...

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• 01/12/09 | Sun beds killing 43 Aussies a year. (The Australian.)

  TANNING beds kill 43 Australians a year on average through melanoma and are responsible for a further 2600 skin cancer diagnoses, according to a new report calling for a crackdown on solariums. R...

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• 01/12/09 | Wearing thongs leaves feet exposed to skin cancer. (Courier Mail 25/1/09).

  The nation's thong lovers are putting their lives at risk, an expert has warned, with their exposed feet putting them at greater risk of skin cancer. Dermatologist Catherine Faulkner said tho...

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• 01/12/09 | Australians Ignore Skin Cancer Message.(Courier Mail 16/10/08)

  THE slip, slop, slap sun safety message appears to be falling on an increasing number of deaf ears in Australia, according to the Cancer Council. Too many Aussies have given sun-safety the slip a...

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• 01/12/09 | Newly discovered genes point to melanoma risks

  Scientists have discovered two new genes that together double a person's risk of developing melanoma. As part of an international research project, a team of scientists from the Queensland In...

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