Skin cancer

According to the World Health Organisation both non-melanoma and melanoma skin cancers have been increasing over the past decades; we are now facing an epidemic of these conditions. How did we get to this stage? Various initiatives including the ABCDE of melanoma have been developed by prestigious institutions to improve awareness and diagnosis but there is still no improvement in the prevalence of melanoma. Why is prevention apparently not effective and how hopeful does the future look? In this section we are aiming to provide a skin cancer focus in our daily bibliography coverage.

Low self-esteem may be linked to higher risk of skin cancer flip.it/QpKDA #skincancer

3:35pm Dec 4 2015 —

Skin cancer clinic or GP: Who is best to check a suspect skin spot? abc.net.au/news/2015-11-1… #skincancer

3:33pm Dec 4 2015 —

EU approves Roche’s Cotellic in combo therapy against skin cancer flip.it/JcVe7 #skincancer

3:31pm Dec 4 2015 —

FDA approves expanded use of Bristol-Myers’ skin cancer drug reuters.com/article/2015/1… #skincancer

3:30pm Dec 4 2015 —

Scientists identify promising new melanoma drug sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/… #skincancer trtmnt to resistant or unresponsive to leading therapies

2:12pm Nov 30 2015 —

Tanning beds: A call to action for further educational and legislative efforts ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26186088 #skincancer

2:09pm Nov 30 2015 —

Melanoma: A Population Health Problem ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26605821 #skincancer tanning bed exposure and beyond

2:09pm Nov 30 2015 —

Combination of pills for advanced #skin cancer extends survival compared with previous monotherapy medicalnewstoday.com/releases/30303… #skincancer

1:03am Nov 24 2015 —

What UV light does to skin to cause sunburn, wrinkles and cancer #skincancer abc.net.au/news/2015-11-1…

4:07pm Nov 22 2015 —

ABCDEs of #melanoma @AADskin what about recent JAAD Pub abt the limitations of this index? #dermatology #SkinCancer

2:12pm Nov 22 2015 —