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Skin Cancer Tasmania (incorporating Melanoma Tasmania) is a Tasmanian organisation formed by people who know what it’s like to have or look after someone with skin cancer.
Skin Cancer Tasmania is committed to:
- Providing support and counselling for Tasmanians and their families affected by skin cancer.
- Advocating for awareness, education and early intervention programmes within the community.
- Being a voice at a national level for Tasmanians who suffer from skin cancer. Skin Cancer Tasmania has a representative on the Australian Melanoma Consumer Alliance (AMCA) The AMCA is an alliance of individuals and organisations, all of which come from a consumer perspective wishing to help provide consumers view and related input into research, advocacy, prevention and the general care of patients with Melanoma.
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Newsletter 2020
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|From The Chair I wish that this finds you as well as can be expected. For some, 2020 has been a challenging year for their own health, the health of their family members or those in their community. COVID-19 certainly has had an impact on us all. Whilst the majority of these impacts have been…
Read More 2020 Melanoma Skin Cancer Report
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|For a second year, Euromelanoma and the Global Coalition for Melanoma Patient Advocacy are partnering to run a global melanoma awareness campaign. By combining our resources, we hope to reach hundreds of millions of people in over 50 participating countries. This report is at the heart of that campaign. Its purpose is to show that…
Read More Government strengthens support for melanoma patients with breakthrough treatment expanded on PBS
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|The start of autumn will bring with it a new sense of hope for over 2,000 Australians with advanced melanoma, with the Australian Government expanding subsidised access to breakthrough melanoma treatment options on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from today. The start of autumn will bring with it a new sense of hope for over…
Read More Skin Cancer Tasmania 2019 Newsletter
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|What a year 2019 has been. Our team has again been behind the scenes (and in some cases at the forefront of) meetings, collaborations and events in order to raise awareness of melanoma and skin cancer in Tasmania. The year culminated in Melanoma Tasmania incorporating as Skin Cancer Tasmania in order to meet the needs…
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