With skin cancer being by far the most common form of cancer in Australia, and Australia being the leading place where people are at risk for this type of cancer, you would do well to have a skin cancer check. Melbourne has many skin cancer clinics where you can schedule regular skin checks. In past years there were an estimated 374 000 reported cases of squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma, that are collectively referred to as non melanoma forms of skin cancer.

These cancers also happen to be some the more expensive types of cancer to treat. Melanoma is the most common cancer in those aged between 15 and 44 and the second most common cause of cancer death in that age group. Additionally, melanoma accounts for 3% of all cancer deaths in all age groups.

General practitioners usually handle the cases of skin cancers and there are over 800,000 cases of skin cancer reported each year. There has been a recent proliferation of skin cancer clinics even though general practitioners have continued to manage most skin cancers.

You may currently not know much about these specialized skin cancer clinics, but the information is very useful to have because you may find yourself or a loved one in need of skin checks. Some of these clinics include independent operators while others are large corporate chains. Although there have been some concerns about the quality of work done by some of these clinics, the concerns have been based on isolated cases that happened to have an adverse outcome as opposed to a systematic appraisal. In addition, there is no data that has been published upon which a reasonable debate can be based about these clinics.

The important thing to remember is that if you live in Australia, the skin cancer leader of the world, you should have a skin cancer check. Melbourne is the best place in Australia to have this taken care of.