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.

RT @ducrest: This is #skincancer secondary prevention. Only primary prevention will stop this epidemic #SkinCancerAwareness #dermatology #d…

3:31am Oct 14 2017 —

2:34am Oct 14 2017 —

Melanoma Surgery in the Immune Therapy Era by Dr. van Akkooi practiceupdate.com/c/54455/1/4/?e… #skincancer #dermatology

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2:01am Oct 14 2017 —

Long-Term FollowUp Results of Top Imiquimod Treatment in Basal Cell Carcinoma ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29016542 #skincancer

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4:30pm Oct 12 2017 —

RT @ducrest: Does #skincancer screening work blog.oup.com/2016/11/does-s… top editorial jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… my vision https://t.co/t4tUqSy3g…

9:28am Oct 11 2017 —

RT @ducrest: #SkinCancer Importance of Prevention! Wise JAMA Internal editorial abt USPSTF screening reco archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?a… https://t…

9:24am Oct 11 2017 —

RT @ducrest: #skincancer! After USPSTF reco. medical community invited to moove from 2° to 1°prevention+ #technology #socialmedia https://t…

9:23am Oct 11 2017 —

#Evidence lacking to determine benefits, harms of #skincancer self-exams uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/… public comment exp…

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12:52am Oct 11 2017 —

RT @PharmaReview: Topical treatment strategy for fighting skin #cancer identified #skincancer @AgencyFAPESP bit.ly/2xvjeXP

4:35pm Oct 10 2017 —

RT @chrishendel: USPSTF posts draft recommendation statement #skincancer prevention-Behavioral counseling [Updating 2009 & 2012 recs] https…

4:31pm Oct 10 2017 —