The article is written by Janelle Miles.

The topic is skin cancer.

The article was published on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at 6:21 am.

New research shows that Queenslanders need to do more to prevent skin cancer.

Here is a short summary:

Many people in Queensland get skin cancer. In fact, middle-aged Queenslanders have about 1.5 million skin cancer treatments every year.

A study followed 40,000 people in Queensland for eight years. It found that 70% of them had some kind of skin cancer treatment.

What happens next?

The people who did the study think that Queensland needs to spend more money on skin cancer prevention.

The study shows that skin cancer is a big problem in Queensland. It costs a lot of money to treat.

The study was done by QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and Cancer Council Queensland.

Another study found that even a little time outside when the sun is not strong can still cause skin damage.

QIMR Berghofer’s Professor David Whiteman and Cancer Council Queensland’s Dr Daniel Lindsay talked about their study.

For a long time, people thought that being outside when the sun is not strong does not hurt your skin.

The first study followed 40,000 Queenslanders between 40 and 69 years old for eight years.

The study found that the people in it had about 245,000 skin cancer treatments, which cost more than $43 million.

The researchers compared this to how much the government spends on other health problems.

They think that skin cancer treatments cost about 2.4% of all health care costs.

Based on this, they think that people in Queensland between 40 and 69 years old have about 1.49 million skin cancer treatments every year.

Skin cancer treatments cost a lot of money.

The study found that 71% of the people in it had some kind of skin cancer treatment.

Many of them had a mole or spot removed, and some had to go to the hospital.

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