How has technology assisted in the prevention of Skin Cancer?

Question

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Answer 1

Technology has assisted in the prevention of skin cancer in a number of ways:

(1) Improved understanding of the causes of skin cancer
- particularly childhood sun exposure and particularly sun-burn damage

(2) Increased public awareness of skin cancer as a health issue
- "slip slop slap" campaign in Australia urging the public to slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen and slap on a hat
- patients presenting to doctors earlier allowing earlier diagnoses

(3) Better sun protection technology
- Improved sun screens - now SPF 30+ and I have seen some claiming to be SPF 60+ ... also make up with incorporated sun screen
- sun protective clothing

(4) Better early detection
- Local Doctor awareness, skin lesion surveillance
- Dermatoscopy
- Improved early referral and definitive treatment (surgical excision)

Answer 2

Technology has assisted in the prevention of skin cancer, in the sense that since the start and discovery of technoloy, we are now have a better preception on what skin cancer looks like, are able to study skin cancer via of micro scopic technological computerize techniques, which has given us a wide open window range to precieve the skin cancer, and how skin cancer forms growth upon each cell producing the skin cancer. . So now we know what is the cause of skin cancer, and are able to proceed on to better measures to prevent skin can cancer, with either alternative medicine, or prescription, or computerized methods of medicines of today.

Answer 3

Sunscreen that blocks UVA and UVB rays.