Skin cancer

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Journal article

Integrating shade provision into the healthy built environment agenda: the approach taken in NSW, Australia

10 Mar 2022

Elizabeth King,

Susan Thompson,

Nicola Groskops

This paper details the approach and progress being made by the cross-sectoral Shade Working Goup (SWG) across health and the built environment to embed natural and built quality shade provision in places used by the community in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

Journal article

The economics of skin cancer prevention with implications for Australia and New Zealand: where are we now?

10 Mar 2022

Louisa Gordon,

Sophy Shih,

Caroline Watts,

David Goldsbury,

Adèle Green

This overview presents the current ‘state of play’ of the economics of skin cancer prevention in Australia and New Zealand. The paper argues that primary prevention must remain high on the public health agenda.

Journal article

Effectiveness, compliance and application of sunscreen for solar ultraviolet radiation protection in Australia

10 Mar 2022

Stuart Henderson,

Kerryn King,

Ken Karipidis,

Rick Tinker,

Adèle Green

This paper examines the benefits and risks of sunscreens, compliance requirements and how sunscreen should be used for optimal effectiveness.

Report

Review of the impact of COVID-19 on medical services and procedures in Australia utilising MBS data: skin, breast and colorectal cancers, and telehealth services

15 Sep 2020

Cancer Australia

This report provides findings from an analysis of Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) for the months January 2020 to June 2020 to understand where changes in the number of cancer-related services have occurred, and the types of services affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. This analyses focuses...

Journal article

Cancer screening in Australia: future directions in melanoma, Lynch syndrome, and liver, lung and prostate cancers

31 Jul 2019

Marianne Weber,

Henry Marshall,

Nicole Rankin,

Stephen Duffy,

Kwun Fong,

Kate Dunlop,

Lauren Humphreys,

Anne Cust,

Natalie J. Taylor,

Gillian Mitchell,

Yoon-Jung Kang,

Kathy Tucker,

Mark Jenkins,

Finlay Macrae,

Ian Lockart,

Mark Danta,

Bruce Armstrong,

Megan Howe

In this paper, experts in their fields provide perspectives on the current state of play and future directions for screening and surveillance for melanoma, Lynch syndrome, and liver, lung and prostate cancers in Australia.

Report

Skin cancer in Australia

13 Jul 2016

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Skin cancer in Australia provides comprehensive national information and statistics on skin cancer. It includes the latest available data and estimates to 2016, as well as trends over time. The report also describes risk factors, and presents a section on the limitations of non- melanoma...

Journal article

Skin cancer by state and territory

8 Aug 2014

Allan Pollack,

Mark McGrath,

Joan Henderson,

Helena Britt

Presents the number of new skin cancer problems managed per 100,000 encounters nationally and for each state and territory, from April 2008 to March 2013.