by Dr Julie Argent | Oct 4, 2016
You have just finished a shower, and are putting some moisturiser on your skin. Then you observe something new on the back of your hand. You see a flat sort of lump almost a sore (although it doesn’t necessarily hurt) with a scaly crust. You give it an extra dollop of...
by Dr Stanley Green | Sep 20, 2016
Many people, when first diagnosed with anything serious, immediately think the worst. And whilst a melanoma diagnosis needs to be taken very seriously, with new treatments constantly being researched, a melanoma diagnosis is often not the mortal blow it once was. If...
by Dr Julie Argent | Aug 31, 2016
As part of our ongoing series on the different types of skin cancer, this week we take a closer look at Melanoma. Australia has the second highest melanoma prevalence rate in the world. Must be something to do with our sun, sea, sand or ‘on the land’ culture and our...
by Dr Stanley Green | Aug 18, 2016
What does that mean? So you’ve just been diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma, often called BCC for short. Carcinoma, that sounds a lot like cancer and it is. BUT, please don’t panic. Whilst it is something to be taken seriously, you’re very likely to live a very long...
by Dr Julie Argent | Jul 27, 2016
Sunscreen preventing skin cancer or harming health? Well now that’s an interesting question… You may have read recently, My Kitchen Rules host Pete Evans came under fire for some social media commentary suggesting sunscreen wasn’t really needed, even...
by Dr Julie Argent | Jul 19, 2016
Aussies, just love to sunbake – something about our ‘sun, sand, sea culture. But did you know that all that sun exposure has led to Australia having the highest rate of skin cancer in the world? And whilst we’ve had variations of the Cancer Council’s ‘slip, slop,...
