The 45-year-old Oscar-nominated Jackman said he
had a basal cell carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer that is
rarely fatal. The note he posted early Friday didn't say when
his medical treatment took place.
"Please don't be foolish like me. Get yourself checked. And USE
sunscreen!!!" he wrote.
Australia has the highest skin cancer rate in the world, and 2
in 3 Australians will be diagnosed before age 70, according
to the national health department.
Jackman is an advocate for cancer research. He has revealed that
when he asked his mother-in-law Fay Duncan — president of the
Fight Cancer Foundation in Australia — for her blessing when he
proposed to Furness, she told him that supporting the fight
against cancer was one of the requirements to get that blessing.
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