Two out of three Australians will be diagnosed with some form skin cancer before turning 70. Australian researchers have completed a
"world-first" study that provides yet another reason to always wear
sunscreen. Researchers at the University of Technology Queensland say slip,
slop, slap helps protect a key gene that fights all three forms of skin cancer.
Lead researcher Dr Elke Hacker said that sunscreen helps in eliminating the
risk of skin cancers like BCC (basal cell carcinoma), SCC (squamous cell
carcinoma) and malignant melanoma. She also added that sunscreen safeguarded a
superhero gene called p53 that helps prevent cancer.
"As soon as our skin becomes sun damaged, the p53 gene goes to work repairing
that damage and thereby preventing skin cancer occurring" Dr Hacker said. The study has been reported in the journal Pigment Cell & Melanoma
Research.
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