SOUTH AFRICA’S HIGH SKIN CANCER RISK AND DIVERSE SKIN TYPES GENERATES COMPLEX AND DYNAMIC SUNCARE MARKET
February 1st, 2017
SKIN cancer ranks as South Africa’s most common form of the disease with the country also suffering the second highest incidence globally after Australia, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation of South Africa – research such as this is driving sales of sunscreen products.
The Cancer Association of South Africa’s (CANSA) head of marketing and communication Lucy Balona says annually 20,000 new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed and 700 people die from the disease across the country. And South African Medical Research Council specialist scientist public ...
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