Viva!: Why Fun in the Sun Could Kill Your Kids ; How Over Exposure Today Can Mean Skin Cancer Tomorrow
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RATES of deadly skin cancer are set to treble in the next 30 years if current trends in reckless sunbathing are not reversed. This is the view of skin cancer expers who predict that children could be three times more likely than their grandparents to develop malignant melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, as the sun- worshipping culture shows no signs of abating.
Anthony Sullivan, a Macmillan skin cancer nurse specialist, is part of the Macmillan Cancer Relief campaign to raise awareness about the sun's dangers. 'Skin cancer is a growing problem and we want people to take care. In the last 10 years the rate of skin cancer has risen faster than any other cancer in the UK,' he says. 'We must change our attitudes to tanning and sun awareness.'See the full content of this document
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Viva!: Why Fun in the Sun Could Kill Your Kids ; How Over Exposure Today Can Mean Skin Cancer Tomorrow
His view is echoed by professor Robert Souhami, director of policy at Cancer Research UK, which has just launched the SunSmart ca...
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