Skin Cancer
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in Australia and Melanoma skin cancer is the most dangerous type of skin cancer and is the leading cause of skin cancer death
- QLD is the melanoma capital of the world
- There are over 9524 new cases diagnosed each year
- 1 in 16 of us will be diagnosed with melanoma each year
- Over 1270 Australians die from melanoma each year
PA research is tacking skin cancer head on PA researchers are exploring the cell mechanisms of skin cancer in order to gain a deeper understanding of why a cell will turn cancerous in the first place. They are targeting defective check points in a cell cycle which let through cancerous cells. By targeting these defective checkpoints the team can then identify when a cell turns cancerous and this will lead to the development of specific treatments to deliver a lethal assault on skin cancer tumours.
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