Melanoma & Skin Cancer News Roundup

Collection of links and articles on Melanoma and Skin Cancer from the last week.


Cancer treatment time targets being missed by more than half of Scotland's regional health boards

• NEW figures show that eight of Scotland's 14 regional health boards failed to meet the target of 95 per cent of patients starting treatment within 62 days of being urgently referred at the start of this year.

Source: Daily Record

Almost half of Scots try to get sunburnt in hope of 'deeper tan'

• Getting sunburnt once every two years can triple the risk of skin cancer but 46% of people surveyed in Scotland will take the risk, according to Macmillan Cancer Support — the UK average is 40%.

Source: STV

Garden weed that could help fight off skin cancer: Picato is fast-acting treatment for condition that causes one form of disease

• A new treatment for skin damage that can lead to cancer has been created from the sap of a common garden weed.

Source: Daily Mail

Ayrshire skin cancer diagnoses still rising
Source: Irvine times

Birthday Honours trio congratulated

• Jo Swinson MP has congratulated MASScot chair Leigh Smith who was given an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Source: Bearsden and Milngavie Herald

British women's appetite for tanning salons is fading fast as the appeal of the orange look starts to wear off

• Number of UK tanning salons decreased by a third last year
• Women are favouring pale look of celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence
• Using a sunbed before age of 35 increases the risk of malignant melanoma by nearly 90 per cent

Source: Daily Mail