Skin Cancer

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 

• British Skin Foundation

World Book Night 2021

 Over 150 copies of "Stories to Make you Smile" were distributed to staff and patients across the Trust and partners as part of the World Book Night 2021 celebration on 23rd April .  The book features short stories written by bestselling authors. If you didn't manage to get one we have a copy available as part of our leisure reading collection to borrow from the library. You can also download an ebook or audio book here.

You can find out more about World Book Night which is an annual event at worldbooknight.org and about the benefits to health and wellbeing of reading from The Reading Agency here

Pictured are some of the nursing staff from Dermatology who were delighted with their free books:

May Bank Holiday

Please note that the library will be self-service only on Monday for those with out of hours access due to the Bank Holiday. Staff will be available on site or contactable via the library email (library@uhnm.nhs.uk) Tues-Fri. You are advised to contact the library in advance to ensure someone is available to help you if you have an enquiry and are making a specific journey. 

The Health Library at County provides 24/7 access to members who have requested extended access otherwise the library can be accessed during PGMC opening hours.

World Book Night

The Health Libraries have a limited number of free copies of a book of short stories entitled "Stories to Make you Smile" to distribute across the Trust for #WorldBookNight on April 23rd. Books will be distributed to staff, patients and members of the Public in a Covid safe way.

Out of Hours Access Passes

 

If you wish to access the Health Library at County during evenings and weekends and do not hold a County hospital ID badge (for example if your main place of work is Royal Stoke but you live nearer County) you may apply for an additional access pass for which we ask for a returnable deposit of £10.

Conversely if you are in possession of an Out of Hours access badge which you no longer use, please return the badge to us so we can reallocate it to another library user and you may be eligible for a £10 refund. Pop in during office hours or contact us x2913 and we will try and arrange to collect it from you. For security reasons please do not post it if the card is still active.

Please note that the access badge is a separate card to your Health Library membership card.

Staffed hours 19-23rd April

 

As usual the library is open 24/7 to members who have requested extended access. Otherwise staff can access the library during PGMC opening hours.

This week library staff are available on site during the following times (note if you receive this post as an email you may need to click the link to read the details in full):