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Skin Cancer Awareness Month - May 2021

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The British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) currently runs a national campaign around skin cancer called Sun Awareness, which includes national Sun Awareness Week in May  which this year falls between the 3rd and 9th May 2021.

In recognition of Skin Cancer Awareness Month the Cancer Research UK Oxford Centre will be posting a series of blog posts highlighting the contribution of Oxford researchers to global efforts to tackle Melanoma.

Melanoma is the 5th most common cancer in the UK, and although it is more common in older people, it is relatively common in younger people. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that can spread to other organs in the body and the most common sign of melanoma is the appearance of a new mole or a change in an existing mole.

For more information surrounding Skin Cancer please visit the NHS Choices, British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) or Cancer Research UK websites:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/melanoma-skin-cancer/

https://www.bad.org.uk/sun-awareness-campaign

http://www.cancercentre.ox.ac.uk/may-is-skin-cancer-awareness-month/

 

RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES

For anyone studying the importance of improving both the awareness and knowledge of and supporting those who are suffering 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:

  • ABC of Skin Cancer / Rajpar, Sajjad; Marsden, Jerry R., 2011; [Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing/BMJ Books]. E-book also available.

JOURNALS:

  • Clinical Skin Cancer / New York, NY : Elsevier Inc. [Available as a Keele ejournal 2016 - 2017, and as a NHS ejournal 2016 onwards].
  • Journal of skin cancer / New York, NY : Hindawi Publishing Corporation. [Available as a Keele ejournal 2011 onwards, and as a NHS ejournal 2009 onwards].
  • Melanoma Management / London, UK : Future Medicine.  [Available as a Keele ejournal 2014 onwards, and as a NHS ejournal 2017 onwards].
  • Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research / Copenhagen, DK : Munksgaard. [Available as a Keele ejournal 2008 onwards, and as a NHS ejournal 2008 onwards with 1 year embargo].
  • British journal of dermatology / Oxford, England : Blackwell Science. [Available as a Keele ejournal 2004 onwards, and in print 1994 - 2009].
  • British Journal of Cancer / Springer Nature BV (Nature). [Available as a Keele & NHS ejournal 1947 onwards with 1 year embargo].

Access more journals via our Journals webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

  • Katalinick, Alexander ; Waldmann, Annika et al, “Does Skin Cancer Screening Save Lives?: An Observational Study Comparing Trends in Melanoma Mortality in Regions With and Without Screening”, Cancer, 2012, Vol.118 (21), p.5395-5402. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals].
  • Geskin, Larisa J., MD; Trager, Megan H., BA et al, “Perspectives on the recommendations for skin cancer management during the COVID-19 pandemic”, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2020. Vol. 83 (1) p. 295-296. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals].
  • Zelin, Enrico; Conforti, Claudio et al, “Melanoma in pregnancy: certainties unborn”, Melanoma Management, 2020 Vol. 7 (3), DOI:10.2217/mmt-2020-0007. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals].
  • Ersser, S.J ; Effah, A ; Dyson, J ; Kellar, I et al, “Early detection of skin cancer by skin self‐examination”, British journal of dermatology, 2019-06, Vol.180 (6), p.e236-e236. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals].
  • Flesher JL; Paterson-Coleman EK et al, “Delineating the role of MITF isoforms in pigmentation and tissue homeostasis.”, Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, 2020, Vol. 33 (2) p. 279-292. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals].
  • Schierbeck J, Vestergaard T, Bygum A., “ Skin Cancer Associated Genodermatoses: A Literature Review.”, Acta Dermato-Venereolgica, 2019, Apr 1;Vol. 99 (4), pp.360-369. doi: 10.2340/00015555-3123. PMID: 30653245. [Open access article]
  • Smith H, Wernham A, Patel A, “When to suspect a non-melanoma skin cancer”,  BMJ, 2020; 11th March, Vol. 368 :m692 doi:10.1136/bmj.m692

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