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Researchers at the ACRF Australian Centre of Excellence in Melanoma Imaging & Diagnosis (ACEMID) have launched a new sun safe initiative –Safe in the Sunshine.

A skin microbiopsy device developed by researchers at The University of Queensland, that takes tissue samples smaller than 0.5mm in diameter, could change the way skin cancers and other skin conditions are diagnosed and monitored.

University of Queensland researchers will lead the creation of a national blueprint for screening melanoma - one of Australia’s most common and deadly cancers.

Queenslanders could have skin cancer diagnosed earlier using world-first 3D scanning technology with the launch of the Australian Cancer Research Foundation Australian Centre of Excellence in Melanoma Imaging and Diagnosis.

A study involving 15,000 Australians which aims to develop a next-generation, standardised diagnosis for melanoma is one of 30 clinical trials and cohort studies to be funded through the National Health and Medical Research Council’s $74 million investment to find better ways to prevent, detect and treat disease.

Regular and interactive text messaging has been shown to be an effective way to help young people avoid sunburn by changing their behaviour.

So you’re one of the 21% of Australians who got sunburnt last weekend.

While we should be avoiding sunburn, it’s sometimes easier said than done in the Australian sun.

What can you do once you realise you’re turning into a temporary lobster?

UQ Dermatology Research Centre Director Professor H. Peter Soyer recently appeared on Channel 7's The House of Wellness to discuss the early detection of melanoma with 3D whole body imaging machines with host Jo Stanley.

The University of Queensland has been named as the nation’s leading institution for dermatology research, according to The Australian newspaper publication ‘Research’.

People with pale coloured melanomas are more likely to have a gene mutation associated with albinism, University of Queensland research has found.

Artificial intelligence (AI) improved skin cancer diagnostic accuracy when used in collaboration with human clinical checks, an international study including University of Queensland researchers has found.

Dermoscopy has been a key tool in the advancing methods for early detection of skin cancers and melanomas for more than 30 years.

Targeting large clones of skin cells caused by ultraviolet irradiation (UV) may help reduce skin cancers, according to University of Queensland research.

May is World Melanoma Month and the while many of us are at home, UQ researchers think it’s an opportunity for Australians to take a closer look at our skin.

Melanoma affects 1 in 17 Australians, and other skin cancers 2 in 3 Australians, but setting up a formal screening program like we have for breast, cervical and bowel cancer is trickier than you might think.

Australians’ awareness of skin cancer using naked eye examinations is an effective way to detect suspicious moles and spots.

Australians with melanoma detected before they turn 40 are more likely to have the cancer on non-sun damaged parts of the body compared to people diagnosed when older.