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Skin Cancer Awareness Month - May 2018


With 5.4 million cases in more than 3.3 million people diagnosed annually, skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. Fortunately, skin cancer is also one of the most preventable forms of cancer and highly treatable when detected early.
Changes to a mole or freckle can be a sign of skin cancer, which is why it's so important to see your doctor straight away. Early detection makes it easier to treat. Seeing your doctor could save your life.
For more information surrounding Skin Cancer please visit the NHS Choices and Skin Cancer Foundation websites:

RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES 
For anyone studying the importance of improving both the awareness and knowledge of, and supporting those who suffer from Skin Cancer, the Health Libraries both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals offer numerous resources related to the subject. In the lists below you’ll find a variety of items as well as information on materials recently added to our collection and available periodicals. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter.
BOOKS

JOURNALS
  • Journal of skin cancer, New York, NY : Hindawi Publishing Corporation. [Available as a Keele ejournal 2011 onwards & as an NHS ejournal 2009 onwards].
  • Clinical dermatology, London : Mediscript. [Available as a Keele ejournal 2009 onwards].
  • Journal of dermatological case reports, Warsaw : SpejaliÅ›ci Dermatolodzy. [Available as a Keele ejournal 2010 onwards & as an NHS ejournal 2007 onwards].
  • British journal of dermatology, Oxford, England : Blackwell Science. [Available in print 1994 – 2009 and as a Keele ejournal 1997 onwards].
  • Clinical Skin Cancer, Elsavier: London. [Available as a NHS ejournal 2016 onwards].
  • Lancet Oncology, Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Science. [Available as a Keele and NHS ejournal 2000 onwards].

Access more journals via our Journals webpage https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/
JOURNAL ARTICLES
  • Mcgrath, John M. ; Fisher, Valerie ; Krejci-Manwaring, Jennifer, “Skin Cancer Warnings and the Need for New Preventive Campaigns: A Pilot Study”, American Journal of Preventive Medicine”, 2016, Vol.50(2), pp.e62-e63 [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals.]
  • Craythorne, Emma ; Al-Niami, Firas, “Skin cancer”, Medicine (UK version), 2017, Vol.45(7), pp.431-434. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals.]
  • Parsons, Bridget ; Gren, Lisa ; Simonsen, Sara et al, “Opportunities for Skin Cancer Prevention Education among Individuals Attending a Community Skin Cancer Screening in a High-Risk Catchment Area”, Journal of Community Health, 2018, Vol.43(2), pp.212-219. [Available via Keele ejournals.]
  • Jackson, Ian ; Patton, E, “Red alert about lipid’s role in skin cancer”, Nature, 2017, Vol.549(7672), pp.337-339. [Available via Keele ejournals.]
  • Finch, Linda ; Janda, Monika ; Loescher, Lois J. ; Hacker, Elke, “Can skin cancer prevention be improved through mobile technology interventions? A systematic review”, Preventive Medicine,  2016, Vol.90, pp.121-132. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals.]
  • Raphael, A. P. ; Soyer, H. P., “Automated diagnosis: shedding the light on skin cancer”, British Journal of Dermatology, 2018, Vol.178(2), pp.331-333. [Available via Keele ejournals.]
  • Seiverling, Elizabeth V.; Ahrns, Hadjh T.; Bacik, Lindsay C. and Usatine, Richard, “Biopsies for skin cancer detection: Dispelling the myths”, Journal of Family Practice, 2018, Vol.67(5), pp.270-274. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals.]
  • Rzepecki, A.K. et al, “Promoting early detection of melanoma during the mammography experience”, International Journal of Women’s Dermatology, 2017, Vol.3(4), pp.195-200. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals.]
  • Pleat, Jonathon, “Melanoma screening by non-health-care professionals”, Lancet Oncology, 2016, Vol.17(10), pp.1352-1353. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals.]

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