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.

NICE fast-tracks GSK’s skin cancer drug Tafinlar #skincancer zite.to/1rqXUIg

4:02pm Sep 21 2014 —

Mobile Apps Get Skin in the Sun Protection Game prac.co/n/5f01036b-769… #skincancer #quantifiedskin #mHealth

2:20am Sep 16 2014 —

Do suncreens protect us? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ij… #skincancer #photoaging #sunscreen

11:18am Sep 11 2014 —

Sunscreens in the United States: current status and future outlook ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2520738… #sunscreen #skincancer

10:30am Sep 11 2014 —

Early diagnosis and detection rates of skin cancer boosted by pioneering digital application #skincancer #mHealth medicalnewstoday.com/releases/28231…

10:17am Sep 11 2014 —

Checked your skin recently? n.mynews.ly/!EB.BsmBh non melanoma #skincancer

3:09pm Sep 10 2014 —

Stanford Research: Ultraviolet Light-Induced Mutation Drives Many Skin Cancers #skincancer zite.to/1rWOLJz

2:54pm Sep 10 2014 —

Ultraviolet light-induced mutation drives many skin cancers, researchers find sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/… #skincancer

12:31pm Sep 8 2014 —

What This Skin Cancer Drug Approval Really Means To Merck #skincancer zite.to/1CFOHjU

12:24pm Sep 7 2014 —

The Surprising 7 States Where Melanoma Most Often Occurs #skincancer zite.to/1rSnU1a

12:22pm Sep 7 2014 —