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The face of melanoma

In this activity, students examine the lifestyle factors that contribute to skin cancer and prepare information about skin cancer for a child or teenage audience.

By the end of this activity, students should be able to:

  • describe the lifestyle factors that contribute to skin cancer

  • advise a young person on skin cancer and its prevention.

Moles and melanoma

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Hayley Reynolds and Professor Rod Dunbar explain the changes in moles that can be signs of melanoma developing.

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Find out more about skin cancer, then follow up with these related articles that explain why NZ skin cancer rates are so high, some of the risk factors and how skin cancer is diagnosed and treated.

The face of melanoma

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Published: 29 July 2008Updated: 1 March 2013
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