May is skin cancer awareness month. According to the WHO, one in every three cancers diagnosed is a skin cancer. The incidence of both non-melanoma and melanoma skin cancer has been increasing over the past decades. Currently, between 2 and 3 million non-melanoma skin cancers and 132,000 melanoma skin cancers occur globally each year.
You can find articles and resources on skin cancer via the library subscription to Clinical Key by Elsevier. (You will need an OpenAthens password for access to full text articles).
Journal articles:
• Perspectives on the recommendations for skin cancer management during theCOVID-19 pandemic. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Geskin, Larisa J., MD; Trager, Megan H., BA;… Show all. Published July 1, 2020. Volume 83, Issue 1. Pages 295-296. © 2020
• Racial differences in time to treatment for melanoma. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Tripathi, Raghav, MPH; Archibald, Laura K… Show all. Published September 1, 2020. Volume 83, Issue 3. Pages 854-859. © 2020.
• Epidemiology of Melanoma. Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America. Bolick, Nicole L., MD, MPH, MS; Geller, Alan C., MPH, RN. Published February 1, 2021. Volume 35, Issue 1. Pages 57-72. © 2020.
• A 20-year retrospective clinicopathologic study on melanoma in Singapore. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Published October 1, 2019. Volume 81, Issue 4, Supplement 1. Pages AB3-AB3. © 2019.
• Access to innovative medicines for metastatic melanoma worldwide: Melanoma World Society and European Association of Dermato-oncology survey in 34 countries. European Journal of Cancer. Kandolf Sekulovic, L.; Guo, J.; Agarwala, S.… Show all. Published November 1, 2018. Volume 104. Pages 201-209. © 2018.
Guidelines:
Skin cancer. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Published September 21, 2016.
VivaScope 1500 and 3000 imaging systems for detecting skin cancer lesions. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Published November 11, 2015
Melanoma: assessment and management. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Published July 29, 2015.
Patient education:
Preventing Skin Cancer, Adult © 2020 Elsevier Inc. Last revised: January 6, 2021.
Recommended Articles/brochures / websites:
• World Health Organization: Cancer factsheet
• The European Commission’s science and knowledge service: 2020 Cancer incidence and mortality in EU-27 countries
• NORDCAN: Cancer statistics for Nordic countries
• World Cancer Research Fund: Skin Cancer graphical abstract
• National Cancer Institute: Skin Cancer Video
• Cancer Research UK: Skin Cancer