Quiney says to Slip, Slop and Slap

The findings, from Cancer Council’s most recent National Sun Protection Survey, shows sporting venues are clearly linked with sun damage with 22% of Australians at sports grounds and centres getting sunburnt, which is just as high as the percentage of Australians at the beach, local lake or river who got sunburnt (22%).

Commonwealth Bank Bushrangers batsman Rob Quiney has thrown his support behind National Skin Cancer Action Week, which commenced on Sunday, reminding cricketers that the Slip, Slop, Slap, Seek and Slide message doesn’t just apply to those who are at the beach.

“It’s so important to be sun safe when you’re outdoors and to be aware of your own skin so if something changes, you can act fast and get it checked by your GP,” Quiney said.

Over the next three years, it is expected 44,000 Australians (40 per day) will be told they have the deadliest form of skin cancer, melanoma.

Almost two in three will be men.

In Victoria last year, over 1,250 men were diagnosed with melanoma and 210 men died from the disease.

National Skin Cancer Action Week is an initiative of Cancer Council Australia with the support of the Australasian College of Dermatologists.

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