Deadly skin cancers to rise in Australia in 'tsunami' of cases amid shortage of GPs trained in diagnosis and treatment

Summary

This article by Janelle Miles, writing for ABC-Australia, makes the following points:

• Australia and New Zealand have the highest incidences of skin cancer in the world.
• Skin cancers impose the highest costs of any cancer on the Australian health system.
• Up-skilling GPs in best-practice skin cancer care is the most cost-effective way of addressing the rising ‘tsunami’ of cases.

More than 16,000 melanoma cases are diagnosed in Australia annually and about 1,300 Australians die of skin cancer each year.

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Source Information:

• Article Source: ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
• Media Check: ABC News - Media Bias Fact Check (mediabiasfactcheck.com)
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