Tracey O’Brien: Cancer Institute NSW’s skin cancer campaign has prevented more than 2200 skin cancers
Tracey O’Brien, Chief Cancer Officer and CEO of Cancer Institute NSW, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“In promising news, the Cancer Institute NSW’s powerful award-winning skin cancer campaign has prevented more than 2200 deadly skin cancers from developing. Aside from the campaign’s life-saving impact, this also equates to a lifetime cost saving of over $20 million to the NSW economy.
Ninety-five per cent of melanoma and 99 per cent of non-melanoma skin cancers are caused by overexposure to UV radiation from the sun and can be prevented with proper sun protection.
Unfortunately for many, especially young people, the need to maintain social norms often outweighs the perceived threat of skin cancer and UV, and as a community, we need to do everything we can to educate and change behaviour.
I’d like to extend a huge thanks to the team at the Cancer Institute NSW and to everyone involved in reducing the impact of skin cancer. It’s been a challenge for decades but we will continue to do what we can to spread the message and help save lives.
This summer, and all year around, please heed the message that has been drummed into us for decades: slip, slop, slap, seek and slide.
Find out more about the If You Could See UV campaign.
Read more in The Australian.”
More posts featuring Tracey O’Brien.
-
ESMO 2024 Congress
September 13-17, 2024
-
ASCO Annual Meeting
May 30 - June 4, 2024
-
Yvonne Award 2024
May 31, 2024
-
OncoThon 2024, Online
Feb. 15, 2024
-
Global Summit on War & Cancer 2023, Online
Dec. 14-16, 2023