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Published Nov. 4, 2022 11:54 AM

A new study published in JAMA Dermatology,  identified lifetime trajectories of sunburns and found that sunburns throughout life, and in particular in childhood, were associated with increased risk of cutaneous melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma.

Published Feb. 15, 2022 11:09 AM

Women know less about the so-called overdiagnosis of breast cancer compared to other aspects of mammogram screening. Despite this, there are few indications that women drop out of mammogram screening programmes after receiving more information.

Published Jan. 12, 2017 12:23 PM

A large Norwegian study published by the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Oslo found that sunbed users are at not only at higher risk of developing melanoma, but also tend to develop the cancer at a younger age compared to nonusers.