Melanoma & Skin Cancer News Round Up: 21/11/2014

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• GPs urged to double cancer referrals in NHS guidelines

Patients who visit GPs with persistent tiredness should be fast-tracked for cancer tests within 48 hours, according to new NHS advice warning that delays in diagnosis could be costing thousands of lives.

Source: nflnr 

• Blue-Eyed People May Face Higher Melanoma Risk

New research suggests that genes tied to blue eyes and red hair could put people at higher risk for moles or freckling in childhood, which are often precursors to the deadly skin cancer melanoma later in life.

Source: WebMD

• Survival in Melanoma Ups Further: 'We Have Cure in Our Sights'

"Can we now cure an incurable disease in some of our patients with metastatic melanoma?" This was the questioned posed here at the end of the Society for Melanoma Research International Congress 2014 meeting.

Source: MedScape 

• Skin cancer risks: Outdoor work contributes to high melanoma death rate for men over 45 (Australia)

Twice as many Victorian men over 45 die from melanoma than women of the same age, according to new figures from the Cancer Council of Victoria.

Source: ABC 

• Slip, slop slack to blame for high rate of melanoma in men (Australia)

TWICE as many men are dying of melanoma than Victorian women, with lax sunscreen habits, reluctance to see a doctor and excessive sun exposure being blamed.

Source: Herald Sun 

• Skin cancer: how effective are smartphone apps for early detection? (United States)

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the US, accounting for almost half of all cancers. But if it is detected early - before it has spread to other parts of the body - it is almost always curable. There are now an array of smartphone applications available claiming to aid early detection of skin cancer. But how effective are they?

Source: Medical News Today 

• Cost of treating skin cancer is skyrocketing (United States)

Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States and in the past few years has become a growing public health problem. Not only is the number of skin cancer cases growing, the cost of treating the diseaseis surging.

Source: Consumer Affairs