Recognizing skin cancer

These are the most important warning signs

Hugh Jackman, Khloe Kardashian, Bob Marley and many more have battled it: skin cancer. Almost 2000 Austrians receive the shock diagnosis of "black skin cancer" every year.

Far more common, but often unnoticed, is "light or white skin cancer". Here, the number of new cases has risen rapidly. Around 30,000 new cases are recorded in Germany every year.

Presenter Larissa Putz welcomes dermatologist Nikolas Bounas-Pyrros to the "Krone Gesund" program and talks to him about protection and prevention and which warning signs to look out for (see video above).