Background/purpose
Surfing and swimming are two popular outdoor aquatic activities in
Australia with an estimated 2.7 million surfers and three million
swimmers however, these activities are associated with intermittent
exposure to ultraviolet radiation which is causal to skin cancer
development. Our aim was to determine point prevalence of pre-skin
cancer (actinic keratosis (PSC)), non-melanoma (NMSC) and melanoma skin
cancers (MSC) in Australian surfers and swimmers.