Melanoma and Skin Cancer News Round Up: 01/08/14

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• Piggybacking cells hold clue to cancer growth – and treatment for melanoma

Discovery of how fast growing tumour cells hitch ride on invasive cells could help create a new drug to tackle skin cancer

Source: The Guardian

• Melanoma diagnosed decades later often linked to childhood sun damage

Damage caused by ultraviolet rays during childhood – both indoors and outdoors – elevates the risk for developing melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer, during adulthood.

Source: Spokesman

• 10 Things You Didn't Know Were Happening While You Were Lying out

So, what is actually happening when you sit in the sun? Dr. Day tells Cosmopolitan.com

Source: Cosmopolitan

• Health experts warn sunburn in young children can put them at risk of skin cancer later in life

VIVIENNE Wilson, lead nurse at the Edinburgh Cancer Research UK Centre, warned that parents need to be aware of the hidden dangers of overexposure to harmful rays.

Source: Daily Record

• NICE backs 2 new cancer treatments

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued guidance recommending a new prostate cancer drug and extending the use of another for skin cancer

Source: WedMD

• Prickly, itchy skin lesions could spell skin cancer

Painful or itchy skin lesions could be a warning sign of skin cancer, researchers report.

Source: Healthy 24

• 'Tanned skin is damaged skin': Surgeon general warns sun-loving Americans after 200% spike indeadly melanoma

The acting U.S. surgeon general warned in a report released Tuesday that cites an alarming 200 per cent jump in deadly melanoma cases since 1973. The report blames a generation of sun worshiping for the $8billion spent to treat all forms of skin cancer each year.

Source: Daily Mail 

• Parents don't protect themselves from skin cancer because they're prioritising their children's skin

A YouGov survey found that 92% of adults make sure their children are protected from the sun before their own. 80% of parents also admit to getting sunburned in the UK- increasing their risk of skin cancer.

Source: Health Canal