Melanoma & Skin Cancer News Round Up: 30/06/2014

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• Sunscreen Use in Childhood Prevents Malignant Melanoma in Adulthood

Research conducted at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, published in the latest issue of the scientific journal Pigment Cell and Melanoma, has established unequivocally in a natural animal model that the incidence of malignant melanoma in adulthood can be dramatically reduced by the consistent use of sunscreen in infancy and childhood.

Source: Skininc

• Melanoma is now fifth most common cancer in England

Malignant melanoma is now the fifth most common cancer in England, according to cancer registration statistics from the Office of National Statistics.

Source: On Medica

• CNIO researchers identify over 40 genes that predict aggressiveness of melanoma

The results of the study could help to determine the development of metastasis in patients suffering from the disease

Source: News Medical

• Sunburn scare: A third of Brits ignore skin cancer warnings to soak up rays

DESPITE knowing about the dangers of too much UV radiation, UK sun-worshippers are still getting burnt on home turf, says a cancer charity

Source: Express

• Men who work outside urged to cover up to help beat skin cancer

Council chiefs are encouraging men who work outdoors to protect themselves from skin cancer.

Source: Liverpool Echo

• GP fronts skin cancer awareness campaign

Dr Adrian Burt appears on adverts urging people with unusual changes in their skin to visit their GP, as part of a six-week pilot that began on 16 June.

Source: GP Online 

• The 10 Most Common Sunscreen Slip-Ups

Despite everything we know about the risks of sun exposure, skin cancer is still on the rise -- big time. In fact, in the last 35 years, rates of deadly melanoma have tripled. And those applying sunscreen are not immune. Improper application or the wrong product can render sunscreen virtually useless. Avoid these common culprits and get the most out of your SPF for risk-free fun in the sun!

Source: Huffington Post

• Prison guards offered inmates sunscreen as they basked on jail roof

Two prisoners who climbed on to a jail's roof in hot weather were offered sunscreen by staff.

Source: Telegraph

Melanoma & Skin Cancer News Round Up: 23/06/2014

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• Liver cancer and malignant melanoma rates rise sharply in England

The ONS study found that malignant melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer, has increased by 78% among men and 48% among women between 2003 and 2012.

Source: The Guardian

• Sunscreen Usage In Childhood Decreases Melanoma Risk In Adulthood

Using sunscreen as early as in childhood can reduce the risk of melanoma in adulthood, a new study finds.

Source: HNGN

• Drug shows promise for the first time against metastatic melanoma of the eye

For the first time, a therapy has been found that can delay progression of metastatic uveal melanoma, a rare and deadly form of melanoma of the eye.

Source: Medical Xpress

• Indoor Tanning Linked with Skin Cancer Before Age 50

People who use tanning beds and other indoor tanning devices may be at increased risk of developing certain types of skin cancer early in life, a new study suggests.

Source: Yahoo News

• Plymouth man dying of skin cancer after mole was left for nine months to avoid a scar

WHEN doctors told Jordi Akhurst a mole on his back was nothing to worry about, he had no idea less than five years later he would have more than 50 tumours and be battling terminal cancer.

Source: Plymouth Herald

• We still aren't taking skin cancer seriously

We've been enjoying rare sunshine in the north this week but it seems many of us are still burying our heads in the sand about the risk of skin cancer.

Source: Irish News

Melanoma & Skin Cancer News Round Up: 13/06/2014

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• Sunscreen alone shouldn’t be relied on alone to prevent malignant melanoma.

A new UK study published in ‘Nature’ Journal revealed more about how UV light induces cancer in skin cells. The research which was conducted by University of Manchester Scientists investigates the effects of UV light on the skin of mice at risk of melanoma.

This allowed them to examine the effects of sunscreen in blocking the disease and highlighting the fact that sunscreen alone shouldn’t be relied on to prevent skin cancer.

Source: BBC

• Regression of Melanoma Not Linked to Sentinel Node Positivity

The presence of regression in melanomas with a Breslow thickness greater than 0.75 mm does not appear to be linked to a higher likelihood of sentinel node involvement, according to the results of a retrospective study published in JAMA Dermatology.

Source: Cancer Network

• Acral melanoma tumors may require more aggressive surgical treatment

Acral melanoma was found to have higher recurrence and lower survival rates than other types of melanoma and may require more aggressive surgical intervention, according to researchers.

Source: Healio

• Ipilimumab in advanced melanoma: Added benefit for non-pretreated patients not proven

In early 2014, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) assessed the added benefit of ipilimumab in non-pretreated patients with advanced melanoma. The drug manufacturer claimed a noticeable increase in survival time and thus an added benefit versus dacarbazine, the appropriate comparator therapy specified by the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA). However, the indirect comparison conducted by the company was too uncertain, and the postulated effect was biased in favour of ipilimumab. Hence an added benefit was not proven.

Source: Medical Xpress

• 3D melanoma model shows how tumour cells spread

Growth states of cancer cells can now be visualised in real time, thanks to a new 3D model of a melanoma tumour developed by researchers at the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute.

Source: The Conversation

• Skin cancer drug that can extend patient's life is recommended for use on NHS

New final draft guidance from the NHS watchdog the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) has recommended ipilimumab should be available as a first treatment for patients with advanced and inoperable melanoma.

Source: Telegraph

• Beauty Students Champions Skin Cancer Awareness

BEAUTY students at a city campus have been helping their fellow students and staff learn to look after their skin. The students, aged between 16 and 20, ran a skin cancer awareness event at City College Plymouth’s Kings Road campus on June 4.

Source: Plymouth Herald

•     Skin cancer survivor: People 'underestimate the sun'

Most people "underestimate the sun" and the irrevocable damage it can do to skin, a 21-year-old skin cancer survivor warned Good Morning Britain.

Source: ITV

• Underage sunbed use - we see the damage

Megan Worrall from Liverpool started using sunbeds when she was 13 and developed skin cancer aged 19. She is currently in remission, and wants to warn other youngsters of the risk. She is joined by our resident GP, Dr Chris Steele who has also suffered from skin cancer. (VIDEO)

Source: This Morning

Melanoma & Skin Cancer News Round Up: 06/06/2014

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•  Dundee United striker Jordan Moore raises awareness for skin cancer after youngster battles to overcome deadly disease

For young striker Jordan Moore, when the diagnosis finally arrived, it was brutal and unexpected.

Despite having lingering doubts about a mole on his cheek, the-then 19-year-old had been told by no less than four medical professionals that there was nothing to worry about. Even when Moore finally convinced his doctor to arrange a biopsy, the information given out as he waited on his results was that there was a nine in ten chance that everything was fine.

So when the Dundee United striker, who was on loan at Dunfermline at the time, learned in January, a month before turning 20, that he had melanoma skin cancer, it was news that would have shaken a far older man to his very core.

Source: Daily Mail

• Record View: New hope in fight to beat skin cancer

WITH malignant melanoma now the fifth most common cancer in Scotland, RECORD VIEW reckons Pembrolizumab could be a landmark discovery in the fight to beat the disease.

Source: Daily Record

• Skin cancer trial results 'exciting'The results of two international trials against advanced skin cancer have been hailed as "exciting and striking".

Both treatments, for advanced melanoma, are designed to enable the immune system to recognise and target tumours.

Source: BBC

• New insight into drug resistance in metastatic melanoma

A study by scientists in Manchester has shown how melanoma drugs can cause the cancer to progress once a patient has stopped responding to treatment.

Source: University of Manchester
 

• Teenage Sunburns Raise Melanoma Risk

The risk of developing the deadliest form of skin cancer may be closely tied to sun exposure in youth, a new study suggests.

Source: NY Times

• Dying for a tan: Man, 32, diagnosed with terminal skin cancer after spending £7,000 on sunbed sessions over eight years

A 32-year-old who spent £7,000 on sunbed sessions has been told he is dying of cancer because of his tanning addiction.

Damien Platt was so keen to look tanned he used sunbeds up to 200 times a year - four times more than the EU recommended safe usage.

Mr Platt would spend nine minutes in the tanning booths up to four times a week and continued this routine for eight years.

Source: Daily Mail