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.

Melanoma identifying app that could help users detect #skincancer early launches in Australia n.mynews.ly/!MB.DGZK_ @SknVsn #mHealth

1:57pm Nov 22 2015 —

Skin cancer trials need Aussies: expert n.mynews.ly/!MB.DHR7G #skincancer #melanoma

1:55pm Nov 22 2015 —

FDA Approves Skin Cancer Drug n.mynews.ly/!MB.DIHod #skincancer

1:54pm Nov 22 2015 —

8:51am Nov 20 2015 —

Dermatologic health literacy in underserved communities – #skincancer infos do not reach several ethnic communities escholarship.org/uc/item/8671p4…

6:00am Nov 19 2015 —

The extent of whole-genome copy number alterations predicts aggressive features in primary melanomas ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26575206 #skincancer

1:36pm Nov 18 2015 —

RT @Manchesterderm: #skincancer facts. Basal cell carcinomas BCC 3-6 times common than Squamous cell carcinoma SCC. This ratio reverses wit…

3:56am Nov 18 2015 —

Australians’ risk for cancer-causing sunburn higher at home than the beach, study finds n.mynews.ly/!MB.DGaR6 #skincancer

8:30am Nov 17 2015 —

Drug combination for advanced melanoma wins FDA approval medicalnewstoday.com/articles/30250… #skincancer

12:39pm Nov 13 2015 —

Photodynamic therapy for basal cell carcinoma ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26550910 non melanoma #skincancer #dermatology

11:01am Nov 12 2015 —