Research commissioned by life insurance company TAL has found just 36 per cent of Australians have had a skin check in the past 12 months, while 29 per cent have never had one.
Given that two in three Australians will be diagnosed with some form of skin cancer before they are 70, the results of the study are alarming.
Dr Sally Phillips says that a large proportion of Australians know that skin cancer is easily treated if diagnosed early, yet most people have not had a skin check in the last year.