As we head towards summer it is important to look after your skin and protect it from the sun. Skin Cancer Awareness Month takes place every May to highlight the risks associated with exposure to ultraviolent light & to raise awareness about the importance of sun protection.
RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES
The Health Libraries,
both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer resources related to this
topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our
collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at
the counter. This
document covers the following resources – books, journals, journal
articles and patient information.
- Skin Cancer; Cazzato, Gerardo; 2025; (IntechOpen) – available online as an Open
Access e-book
- Fast Facts: Skin Cancer; Agnew, Karen L;
Bunker, Chris; Arron, Sarah T; 2013; (Health Press); 2nd edition – only
available as a Keele e-book
- ABC of Skin Cancer; Rajpar, Sajjad; Marsden, Jerry R; 2008; (BMJ Books) – available as
both a Keele and an NHS e-book
- Skin Cancer Detection Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques; Mahalle, Parikshit
N; 2026 (CRC Press LLC) – available online as an Open Access e-book
- Fast Facts: Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma; Haun, Paul L;
Scarisbrick, Julia J; 2025; (S. Karger AG); 2nd edition – only
available as a Keele e-book
- Latest Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Skin Cancer; (MDPI –
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) – available as online as an
Open Access e-book
- The Rise and Fall of the Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to
Fear; Creed, Fabiola; 2025; (Bloomsbury Academic) – available online as an
Open Access e-book
- Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Skin Cancer; Lallas, Aimilios; 2023;
(MDPI) – available online as an Open Access e-book
- Diagnostic dermoscopy: the illustrated guide; Bowling, Jonathan;
2022; (Wiley Blackwell); 2nd edition.
JOURNALS
- Journal of dermato-oncology; (Taylor & Francis) – available as an Open Access e-journal from
2025 onwards
- EJC skin cancer; European Journal of Cancer; Elsevier – available as an Open Access
e-journal from 2023 onwards
- Dermato; (MDPI) – available as an Open Access e-journal from 2021 onwards
- Journal of skin cancer; (Hindawi Publishing Corporation) – available as an Open Access
e-journal from 2011 onwards
- Skin health and disease; British
Association of Dermatologists, issuing body;
(Oxford University Press) – available as an Open Access e-journal from 2021
onwards
- JMIR dermatology; (JMIR Publications Inc) – available as an Open Access e-journal from
2018 onwards
N.B. NHS members
can obtain temporary Keele IT logins to view Keele e-journals from the Keele IT
suite in the Health Library at Royal Stoke. NHS ejournals will
require login with an NHS Open Athens account.
Access more
journals via our Journals webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/
- “Nurse‐Led Models of Service Delivery for Skin
Cancer Detection: A Systematic Review”;
Kattach, Leila; Singleton, Heidiet al; Journal of advanced nursing,
2025-12, Vol.81 (12), p.8432-8456
- “Skin Cancer Predisposition Genes,
Full-Body Skin Examinations, Familial Disclosure, and Genetic Testing Among
High-Risk Individuals”; Freeman,
Jincong Q; Matsui, Yu; et al; International journal of dermatology,
2025-12.
- “Radiotherapy—A Renaissance for Skin
Cancer”; Sinclair, Robert; Jagavkar, Raj; et al; Australasian
journal of dermatology, 2025-12, Vol.66 (8), p.e501-e510
- “Near‐Infrared Spectroscopy Combined With
Skin Impedance for Detection of Skin Cancer in Primary Care”; Dragka, Maria Fragkou; Löfstedt, Tommy; Falk, Magnus; Skin
research and technology, 2026-03, Vol.32 (3), p.e70344-n/a
- “Amplified Skin Cancer Risk in HPV‐Positive Immunosuppressed Patients: A Multicenter Real‐World Cohort Study”; Alam, Zaryab;
Nguyen, Kevin T; et al; International journal of dermatology, 2026-04,
Vol.65 (4), p.857-859
- “Ethnicity and the epidemiology of skin
cancer incidence: a national retrospective population-based study in England,
2013–20”; Ahmed, Shehnaz; van Bodegraven, Birgitta; et
al; British journal of dermatology, 2026-02, Vol.194 (2), p.273-282
- “Mobile health apps for skin cancer
triage in the general population: a qualitative study on healthcare providers’
perspectives”; Sangers, Tobias E; Wakkee, Marlies; BMC
cancer, 2025, Vol.25 (1), p.851-8, Article 851
- “‘It's Skin Cancer’… a Rollercoaster of
a Journey for Teenagers, Young People and Their Significant Other”; Mcinally, W; Hainsworth, E; et al; Journal of advanced nursing,
2026, Vol.82 (2), p.1541-1554.
- “Advancing skin cancer detection through deep learning and fusion of patient metadata and skin lesion images.”; Islam, S; Wishart, GC; Walls, J; et al.; Scientific Reports, 2026, Vol. 16 (1), p.1968-15.
PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE
- NHS website:
- Melanoma skin cancer - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/melanoma-skin-cancer/
- Non-melanoma skin cancer - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/non-melanoma-skin-cancer/
- Charities / Further information:
- Macmillan Cancer Support - https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/skin-cancer
- Skin Cancer UK Charity - https://www.skcin.org/
- ClinicalKey Patient Information Leaflets [Only available to NHS staff with Open Athens login]:
- Skin Cancer in
Adults: Lowering Your Risk - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_9ec70169-22ee-4ebb-9328-d7b4d6e3ab0e
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