Melanoma skin cancer guidelines for NHS updated

[annie]

New guidelines for diagnosing and treating melanoma skin cancers have been issued to the NHS in England.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) hopes they will end a wide variation in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

They include advice on diagnosing how far the cancer has progressed, identifying the best treatment, and improvements to follow-up care.

Melanoma is a form of skin cancer that claims more lives than any other.

In 2012, the UK saw more than 2,000 deaths from melanoma and the number of melanoma cases is growing faster than any of the 10 most common cancers.

Experts believe this is largely down to the boom in foreign holidays over the past 40 years and, more recently, a big increase in the use of sunbeds.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33694153

[JaneJ]

It is just such a silent killer.

if you have lots of moles like i do it is hard to see them or remember what they used to look like. People check breasts etc but not their skin

[maureenho]

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[wendy]

Thanks

[Honey]

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