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The number of skin cancer cases has risen so explosively that doctors are now calling it a public health issue. Here, a leading professor shares her best advice on how to avoid becoming one of the affected.

Skin cancer has become a public health issue: »The problem is that Danes aren’t following the advice«

As soon as the UV index is above 3, you should use sunscreen, says Professor Merete Hædersdal. On Wednesday, as of this writing, the UV index in the Copenhagen area is 4. Arkivfoto: Maria Fonfara
As soon as the UV index is above 3, you should use sunscreen, says Professor Merete Hædersdal. On Wednesday, as of this writing, the UV index in the Copenhagen area is 4. Arkivfoto: Maria Fonfara
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Just as the spring sun begins to peek out, discouraging news has arrived from the nation’s dermatologists: Last year, dermatology clinics treated more than 32,000 Danes for skin cancer.

That is eight percent more than the year before, according to a report from the Danish Knowledge Center for Skin Cancer – and 43 percent more than just five years ago.

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