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

Melanoma & Skin Cancer News Round Up: 30/05/2014

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• Skin cancer survivors in remote areas to benefit from new technology

Skin cancer survivors in remote areas could benefit from new technology developed in Aberdeen.

The Achieving Self-directed Integrated Cancer Aftercare (ASICA) project will help survivors carry out self-examinations at home.

Source: STV 

• Animal Trials Show Promise for Treating Eye Cancer

New findings about the genetic roots of eye melanoma could lead to more effective treatments, scientists say. They also report an existing drug shows benefits as a treatment for eye tumors in mice.

Source: Health.com 

• Blistering sunburns in adolescence linked with 80% higher risk for melanoma

The risk for developing melanoma is significantly linked with severe sunburns before age 20 years among young white women, according to recent findings.

Source: Healio

• Even if You Never Burn, Tanning Beds Raise Melanoma Risk

Many Americans visit tanning salons this time of year, hoping that a little “base” color might prevent a full-blown beachside burn.

But even without getting a sunburn, indoor tanners boost their risk for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, a new study finds.

Source: Health.com

• Nodular Melanoma, Form Of Skin Cancer That Grow 4X Faster Than Others, Has Doctors Warning Patients: What You Should Know

A person’s risk of developing melanoma increases following prolonged exposure to UV radiation, something we should all consider with Memorial Day weekend and beach season less than a week away. Australian dermatologists are now telling patients to get all bumps, pimples, and moles checked by their doctors to be sure they have not developed nodular melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer that grows at four times the rate of other melanomas.

Source: Medical Daily

• Skin cancer: Justine's story

There's a fresh warning over skin cancer this morning as it's revealed record numbers of people are diagnosed in the North West.

Many of those are in Liverpool like former sunbed junkie Justine Sheils, from Maghull who was diagnosed with malignant melanoma (a deadly form of skin cancer) in 2006. The 43 year old got checked out after seeing a poster in her doctor’s surgery.

Source: ITV

• Tanning beds must carry skin cancer warning: U.S. FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is strengthening its regulation of tanning beds, which have been shown to increase the risk of skin cancer.

The FDA, which is reclassifying sun lamp products from low risk to moderate risk, said on Thursday that in future sun lamp manufacturers must seek approval before they market a new product.

Source: Reuters

Melanoma & Skin Cancer News Round Up: 16/05/2014

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• Skin cancer rates are rising. It's time sunbed licensing was brought in across England

In a report released today, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Skin (APPGS) outline their recommendations to the Department of Health on extending sunbed regulation.

Source: Spectator

• 'Urgent action' needed as 130 Glasgow children admit using sunbeds

Almost 130 schoolchildren aged between 12 and 13 in Scotland’s largest city have admitted illegally using sunbeds in the last year, a survey has revealed.

Source: STV

• UK’s most popular suncreams ‘fail protection test’

SUNcreams produced by three of the UK’s most popular brands have failed to provide the protection they claim, tests by a consumer watchdog revealed.

Source: Scotsman

• Anti-cancer wristband will help save your skin

BOFFINS in Glasgow have invented a waterproof wristband which warns wearers if they are at risk of skin cancer.

Source: Evening Times

• Newer Tanning Beds Still Linked with Melanoma Risk

Indoor tanning has long been associated with an increased risk of melanoma, and new research suggests that using newer tanning beds is just as risky. 

Source: Pharmacy Times 

• Sunbeds Inquiry 2014

Following a successful oral evidence session on sunbed regulation (15th January) and a 6 week written consultation, the APPGS is pleased to publish its final recommendations to the Department of Health.

Source: APPGS

Melanoma & Skin Cancer News Round Up: 29/04/2014

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• GSK’s Mekinist on course for EU melanoma approval

GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) skin cancer drug Mekinist was the only new medicine recommended by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in its latest batch of opinions.

http://www.pmlive.com/pharma_news/gsks_mekinist_on_course_for_eu_melanoma_approval_563017

• Cheap holidays 'increased' melanoma rates

Skin cancer rates ‘surge since 1970s’,” reports the BBC.

The news is based on a press release from Cancer Research UK after the release of new figures for the number of people diagnosed with malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer. The statistics show that the number of people being diagnosed with malignant melanoma is five times higher than it was 40 years ago.

http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/04April/Pages/Cheap-holidays-increased-melanoma-rates.aspx

• Pauline Latham: Teachers should be able to protect children against melanoma

Some months ago, I met with a skin cancer specialist who had worked in Australia. He told me that every child there is required to carry a bottle of water and sun cream in their school bag. Teachers in Australian schools are also permitted to apply the cream should the child be unable to do so. This sort of teacher/pupil contact would of course be frowned upon in this country, and many teachers would be apprehensive about such physical contact. This blanket no-touching policy is absurd. If a teacher puts cream onto a child in full view of others, and especially is a woman, what is the problem? Once a child is able to apply it themselves they can, but in the early years they do need help.

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Pauline-Latham-Teachers-able-protect-children/story-21011986-detail/story.html#ixzz30GiaxS4Q

• How healthy is your postcode? Malignant melanoma map shows Cornwall and Devon's high risk of skin cancer

A new online map that allows people to enter their postcode and find the risk of developing 14 conditions has gone live, highlighting the high risk of skin cancer in Cornwall and Devon.

http://www.middevonstar.co.uk/news/devon_news/11172531.How_healthy_is_your_postcode__Malignant_melanoma_map_shows_Cornwall_and_Devon_s_high_risk_of_skin_cancer/

• Skin cancer alert issued as number of cases soars

Rates of malignant melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, are five times higher in the UK than they were in the 1970s, new figures show.

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/apr/21/skin-cancer-alert-malignant-melanoma

• Crackdown on tanning salons as East Lancs skin cancer toll rises

COUNCIL chiefs have pledged to get tough on tanning salons after new figures revealed a huge rise in the number of skin cancer sufferers in East Lancashire.

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/11172343.Crackdown_on_tanning_salons_as_East_Lancs_skin_cancer_toll_rises/

• Skin Cancer: How To Spot The Signs

Two big stories around skin cancer have cropped up recently: one is that men who live alone are more likely to get skin cancer and the second is that scientists have made a step towards understanding what role family history plays in getting the disease.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/04/22/skin-cancer-how-to-spot-the-signs_n_5076652.html