England's World Cup rugby stars help kick cancer into touch.

England rugby stars Phil Vickery, Kyran Bracken and Martin Corry lined up before flying off to the Rugby World Cup to tackle the issue of skin cancer with Cancer Research UK. England rugby stars Phil Vickery, Kyran Bracken and Martin Corry lined up before flying off to the Rugby World Cup to tackle the issue of skin cancer with Cancer Research UK.

21 May 2003

Survey shows most people ignore sun safety advice despite fears of skin cancer

Cancer Research UK reports a worrying gap between how much people know about skin cancer and how little they actually do to protect themselves in the sun against the country's most common form of the disease. Cancer Research UK reports a worrying gap between how much people know about skin cancer and how little they actually do to protect themselves in the sun against the country's most common form of the disease.

10 May 2003

• Health & Medicine

Dying for a tan: exposing the risks of using a sunbed

More young Brits than ever before are tanning themselves on sunbeds, despite repeated warnings of the dangers of skin cancer, according to leading charity Cancer Research UK. More young Brits than ever before are tanning themselves on sunbeds, despite repeated warnings of the dangers of skin cancer, according to leading charity Cancer Research UK.

29 April 2003

Britain has more skin cancer deaths than Australia

Thousands more Britons than Australians die from malignant melanoma despite the fact that more cases of this most deadly form of skin cancer are diagnosed Down Under. Thousands more Britons than Australians die from malignant melanoma despite the fact that more cases of this most deadly form of skin cancer are diagnosed Down Under.

27 March 2003

• Health & Medicine

Cream to be tested as skin cancer cure

A simple cream could eventually replace the surgeon's scalpel as an effective mass treatment for the most common type of skin cancer. A simple cream could eventually replace the surgeon's scalpel as an effective mass treatment for the most common type of skin cancer.

20 November 2002

Expert warns of skin cancer 'time bomb' as cases continue to rise

A Cancer Research UK expert is warning that people are creating a 'skin cancer timebomb' for themselves because they think the sun is safer in the UK than it is abroad. A Cancer Research UK expert is warning that people are creating a 'skin cancer timebomb' for themselves because they think the sun is safer in the UK than it is abroad.

2 May 2002