Melanoma crude incidence rates among white South Africans climbing as in other countries: urgent call for targeted skin cancer prevention and awareness campaigns

Caradee Wright; Thandi Kapwata; Patricia Albers

doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i3.325

Melanoma crude incidence rates among white South Africans climbing as in other countries: urgent call for targeted skin cancer prevention and awareness campaigns

Caradee Wright^*, Thandi Kapwata, Patricia Albers

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Bristol Medical School (PHS)

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	110-112
Number of pages	3
Journal	South African Medical Journal
Volume	113
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i3.325
Publication status	Published - 2 Mar 2023

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Acknowledgements. We acknowledge the late Dr Elvira Singh, previous head of the NCR, who organised the historical data for this study. Thanks to Prof. Brian Diffey and Prof. Mary Norval for their input. Funding. CYW and TK receive funding from National Treasury via the South African Medical Research Council. PNA is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research, School of Public Health Research, University of Bristol (grant ref. no. PD-SPH-2015).

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Melanoma crude incidence rates among white South Africans climbing as in other countries: urgent call for targeted skin cancer prevention and awareness campaigns. / Wright, Caradee; Kapwata, Thandi; Albers, Patricia.
In: South African Medical Journal, Vol. 113, No. 3, 02.03.2023, p. 110-112.

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