The explosion of beach cabanas across Queensland beaches may be a sign that sun safety messaging is cutting through, but the Cancer Council warns a shelter alone is not enough to protect people from harmful UV radiation.
But while Australia leads skin cancer rates globally, Queensland is the country's capital for the disease.
The situation is so bad that more Queenslanders die of skin cancer than road crashes each year, with its skin cancer rates about 40 per cent higher than the rest of Australia. It has prompted scientists from the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and the University of Queensland to set a goal of reducing the incidence of skin cancer by 5 per cent by 2030, and 25 per cent by 2050.
They aim to have about half of all Queenslanders apply sunscreen daily and wear a broad-brimmed hat outdoors.Queensland has some of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. Skin Cancer Prevention Queensland co-chair Professor Rachel Neale said the targets were ambitious but there were signs skin cancer rates had been plateauing among some age groups."We run the risk that if we don't keep it going, then that plateau will stop and we could see it go up again," Professor Neale said.She said the three groups of most concern were adolescents, outdoor workers, and those participating in sport.
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