Melanoma Focus Booklet

We have produced a booklet Melanoma: What it is and How to Reduce your Risk for the general public and patients, carers and fundraisers in particular. It includes the following sections:

What is melanoma?
How does melanoma start?
How do I know if a lesion on my skin could be suspicious?
The ‘skin safety first’ guidelines
What happens if a skin lesion is diagnosed as a melanoma?
What are the treatment options if melanoma spreads?
How do doctors decide which treatment to use?
Are any major advances in sight in the fight against melanoma?
How can I reduce the risk of melanoma?
How are donations to Melanoma Focus used?

Follow these links to view/download the booklet in .pdf format or as text only.

If you would like to receive a copy, please send us a s.a.e. (DL size: 220mm x 110mm, normal postage) and, if possible, a contribution towards the cost of printing.

Address: Melanoma Focus, Queen Anne House, Gonville Place, Cambridge CB1 1ND. Queries: Michelle

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Scientists have developed a new prognostic test to improve doctors’ ability to identify which early-stage patients are at a greater risk of their melanoma spreading. The research, part-funded by Melanoma Focus, uses 2 protein biomarkers to help them assess which patients are at high or low risk of disease progression beyond stage 1.

Talking About Melanoma Matters – Discussion Guide

Published by Bristol-Myers Squibb in conjunction with the UK’s leading melanoma charities, this guide aims to improve the conversations between patients and their healthcare professionals at diagnosis, treatment and living beyond melanoma. It is based on a survey of more than 100 patients.

Research into birthmarks and melanoma

Newcastle University’s Institute of Genetic Medicine is to study the link between rare types of birthmark and a predisposition to melanoma. The project, supported by a grant from Melanoma Focus, aims to discover what is different at the genetic level in such birthmarks.

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