Warland Reserve features pop-up clinic and research to improve early detection of melanoma in regional areas
Source: Victor Harbor Times, January 2023
Victor Harbor has become the first regional city in Australia to host groundbreaking melanoma research.
A pop-up clinic called Project Check Mate, located at Warland Reserve over January 19, 20 and 21, assessed the skin of over 150 local people to detect and diagnose melanoma – the third most common cancer in Australia.
Professor Marion Eckert, Inaugural Professor of Cancer Nursing at the University of South Australia who is leading the research, said the aim is to develop a national model which can improve early detection of melanoma in regional and remote settings.
