Will you get skin cancer in the next three years? New online tool for people over 40 tests likelihood of developing the disease

A new online tool has been developed to predict the risk of developing non-melanoma skin cancers in the next three years for people aged 40 and over.

The skin cancer risk assessment tool is on the road to becoming the only reliable test to predict the most common skin cancers in humans, the basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.

The test is now being trialled by doctors from the Skin Cancer College of Australasia to confirm its results when used on patients after the tool proved to be 80 per cent accurate, reported the ABC.

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