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.

UK skin cancers set to rise and go on rising says leading dermatologist #skincancer zite.to/1o8Wf5m

11:40am Jul 2 2014 —

Fear, not data, motivates sunscreen users! Eventually obvious but now well demonstradted #skincancer #sunscreens sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/…

5:23am Jul 2 2014 —

CT in progress Helping Children be Safe Outdoors With Sun Protection clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02… #skincancer #sunscreen

2:20am Jun 30 2014 —

A poisonous legacy #skincancer zite.to/1pmRESs

11:05am Jun 26 2014 —

Conclusive evidence that sunscreen use in childhood prevents development of malignant melanoma in adults #skincancer sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/…

1:04pm Jun 24 2014 —

The ABCDs of Melanoma abt.cm/1b6jtpm via @aboutdotcom #skincancer #dermatology

7:24am Jun 23 2014 —

Sun worshippers beware: tanning may be addictive n.mynews.ly/!MB.BekCO via @Reuters_Health #skincancer

4:10am Jun 21 2014 —

Cancer rate rise linked to lifestyle choices #skincancer zite.to/1p25Dgo

4:04am Jun 21 2014 —

RT @UpToDate: #Tanning beds increase risk of #melanoma, especially if used for more than 1 year, over 10 times, or before age 25 http://t.c…

12:17pm Jun 18 2014 —

Good #EBM #dermatology: RCT of Fractional laser-mediated PDT of high-risk BCCs via @BrJDermatol ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24903544 #skincancer

11:16am Jun 17 2014 —