Sunbeds increase the risk of skin cancer, whatever TikTok tells you
There are no health benefits to tanning beds: they don’t help you produce vitamin D and are no substitute for proper medical treatments for skin conditions
June 2024
Brits, you have no idea how to be sun safe. But as an Australian, I can tell you exactly what to do
Van Badham
Full-body swimsuits, ‘no hat, no play’ – avoiding the sun is a national pastime, says Guardian Australia columnist Van Badham
Vaccine approach will help improve survival rates for ‘the next decades and more’, says Cancer Research UK’s chief clinician
Sunscreen advice should factor in ethnicity and skin colour
Letter: Consultant dermatologist Dr Ophelia E Dadzie says ethnic minority populations in the UK don’t need year-round sunscreen
May 2024
Rates of melanoma skin cancer hit all-time high in UK, study finds
Health expert Tim Spector criticised for remarks on year-round use of sunscreen
Labour MP Chris Bryant being treated after skin cancer detected in his lung
Science Weekly
The extraordinary promise of personalised cancer vaccines
April 2024
‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled
Brief letters
Clock this delightful paean to dandelions
February 2024
Lockdown diagnosis delays caused jump in skin cancer deaths, study suggests
Research finds greater proportion of people diagnosed with more advanced melanoma since Covid restrictions
January 2024
Australian melanoma patients to benefit from cheaper treatments on PBS
Australians have saved more than $240m since start of 2023 after government lowered maximum cost of medications listed on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
November 2023
The warmth of my doctor during a nervous visit about hair loss almost brought me to tears
Nova Weetman
She remained still and present and let me talk about my partner dying till I was done. On the tram home I felt as if I’d unburdened myself of a great weight
September 2023
The Guardian view on preventable cancers: we need to avoid illness as well as cure it
184,000 in UK to get preventable cancer diagnosis this year, study finds
Hope for new skin cancer therapy as UK cases soar
OK, I confess … I came back from my hols with a deeply unfashionable tan
Morwenna Ferrier
August 2023
Radio presenter Chris Evans diagnosed with skin cancer
MP who survived skin cancer pushes for sunscreen to be VAT exempt
June 2023
Dermatologists fear cost deterring UK families from buying sunscreen
Call for removal of VAT and free provision to children most in need
