New online tool can predict your melanoma risk

By Phoebe Roth
Updated June 28 2018 - 1:16pm, first published March 13 2018 - 12:00am
The QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute developed the online melanoma test based on data from nearly 42,000 people aged from their forties to seventies.
The QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute developed the online melanoma test based on data from nearly 42,000 people aged from their forties to seventies.

AUSTRALIANS over the age of 40 can now calculate their risk of developing melanoma with a new online test. The risk predictor tool estimates a person’s melanoma risk over the next 3.5 years based on seven risk factors.

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