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.

5 Factors That Raise Your Skin Cancer Risk zite.to/1axamhw #SkinCancer

12:42am Jul 2 2013 —

Melanoma: Deadly Skin Cancer | Green Tea May Offer Protection zite.to/1aZ1aBr #skincancer #dermatology

6:17am Jun 30 2013 —

Dark complexion no shield against skin cancer zite.to/1ardkEj #dermatology #SkinCancer

6:14am Jun 30 2013 —

Basal cell carcinoma: Signs and symptoms zite.to/12wRENT @AADskin @AADMtgs #NMSC #SkinCancer

4:32am Jun 29 2013 —

UV-induced occupational skin cancer: secondary prevention in the “Dermatologist’s Procedure” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dd… #SkinCancer #NMSC

3:08am Jun 27 2013 —

Basal cell carcinoma margin delineation: is curettage useful? A surgical and histological study ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23216407 #NMSC #SkinCancer

5:20pm Jun 20 2013 —

Quick and simple ways to reduce risk from the most common form of skin cancer: sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/… #SkinCancer #NMSC

4:57am Jun 12 2013 —

New Treatment For Actinic Keratosis Now Available In The UK zite.to/18fd6QH #NMSC #SkinCancer

1:10pm Jun 9 2013 —

Cocktail of skin cancer drugs ‘shrinks melanomas’ zite.to/ZpyXyN via #SkinCancer

10:16pm Jun 3 2013 —

Risk To Light-Skinned People Of Sun Exposure Highlighted By Study Of Young Israelis mnt.to/4dDF via @mnt_skincancer #SkinCancer

11:25am May 28 2013 —