Skin Cancer - How To Reduce Your Risk | Dr. Thomas Dobbs - NHS (Melanoma & Skin Cancer Awareness Month)

About this episode

This episode discusses how to reduce the risk of skin cancer with insights from Dr. Thomas Dobbs.

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the world. In this episode of The Health Curve, we explore how to actually reduce your risk - what matters, what doesn’t, and what most people get wrong. Host Dr. Jason Arora is joined by Dr. Thomas Dobbs, NHS plastic surgeon and skin cancer specialist, to break down the basics: what skin cancer is, why it’s so common, and how it develops. Together, we unpack the key risk factors (sun exposure, burns, tanning beds, skin type, age, and more), the mai...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Jason Arora

Guest: Dr. Thomas Dobbs

Topics covered

• skin cancer
• risk reduction
• melanoma
• health awareness
• sun exposure

Keywords

• skin cancer
• melanoma
• risk factors
• sun exposure
• tanning beds
• skin type
• health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NHS

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