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1. Women ignoring sun protection advice
   

   30th April 2012 - A survey for Sun Awareness Week has found 22% of women don't use sunscreen on holidays abroad in the sun to protect again harmful UV rays and skin cancer. In 2010, 2,751 people in the UK died from skin cancer. Cancer Research UK says most skin cancers are caused by too much exposur

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2. Sunbed warning after skin cancer rise
   

   25th April 2012 - The number of people in Scotland diagnosed with skin cancer has risen sharply in a decade, prompting experts to issue a warning about the dangers of using tanning beds. Latest figures show a 62.8% rise in the number of cases of malignant melanoma between 2000 and 2010. Malignant me

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3. Skin cancer drug rejected
   

   14th October 2011 - The skin cancer medication ipilimumab is not suitable for use in the NHS, according to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), which highlighted doubts about clinical evidence submitted by the manufacturer and concern over side effects. NICE also raised

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4. Eating well during cancer treatment
   

   When you're being treated for cancer, it's more important than ever to eat a healthy diet and get good nutrition, but it can also be more difficult than ever. Your body is working overtime to fight the cancer, while it's also doing extra work to repair healthy cells that may have been damaged as a s

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5. Decision next year on skin cancer drug
   

   22nd August 2011 - A decision on whether to approve the first new skin cancer treatment since the 1970s for use in the NHS is expected in the first quarter of next year. It follows a decision by European regulators to grant a marketing licence for ipilimumab. The medication, which is marketed by Bri

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6. UK schools need 'sun safety policy'
   

   15th July 2011 - Schoolchildren in the UK are being put at risk of sunburn because schools do not do enough to protect them from the effects of the sun and are failing to teach them about the dangers of UV radiation, a charity campaigner says. Richard Clifford, Chairman of Skin Cancer UK, says that

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7. UK advice on sun screen strength is 'too low'
   

   1st June 2011 - The strength of sun screen recently recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is far too low and "not in the interests of public health," warns the latest edition of the BMJ's Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB). NICE recommends sunscreens with

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8. Firms face £20,000 fines for under-18 sunbed use
   

   8th April 2011 - Businesses in England and Wales which allow people under 18 to use sunbeds face fines of up to £20,000 under new rules that come into force today. The Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 will stop young people from using sunbeds in a wide range of places, including tanning salons, hotels,

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9. New official sun advice
   

   26th January 2011 - New official sun protection advice has been issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). It says being out in the sun can be good for you, but prolonged exposure can significantly increase the risk of developing skin cancer. NICE points out that sun

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10. Skin cancer light therapy 'fails to win provisional support'
    

    5th January 2011 -- The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) says a high tech ‘sticking plaster’ used to treat non-melanoma skin cancer, has failed to win provisional support for mainstream NHS funding. Ambulight PDT delivers therapy for non-melanoma skin cancer. Most photody

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