More foreign holidays will mean more skin cancer, scientists predict

A 78% increase in non-melanoma skin cancer may see the cost to the NHS of treating the disease rise to 465m a year by 2025

The number of Britons developing the two most common forms of skin cancer will increase as a direct result of people getting tans on foreign holidays and in salons, experts are warning.

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