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Health
Kat Wong and Steven Deare

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Advanced melanoma treatment added to pbs | History Defined

Adelaide mother and melanoma patient Felicity Lloyd says overcoming cancer can be costly. (HANDOUT/FEDERAL HEALTH MINISTER'S OFFICE)

Australians paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for advanced melanoma treatment could soon see their costs slashed.

Every year 20,000 Australians receive a melanoma diagnosis, and every six hours a patient will die from skin cancer.

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