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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Melanoma Focus announces national clinical guidelines for ano-uro-genital mucosal melanoma

The guidelines result from more than 2 years’ work by a group of experts set up by the charity. Professor Martin Gore, chair of the group, said: ‘This new guideline marks an improvement in the knowledge available to clinicians as well as patients. It will be a standard in the UK and influential internationally’.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals launches immunotherapy video for patients

Announcing a new immunotherapy video, Dr Ruth Board, the project leader, said: ‘We have developed a patient education video for patients to watch before starting their immunotherapy treatment. It was developed with the involvement of 12 patients, all at different stages of their treatment. We hope patients and professionals will find it helpful.’

Fundraising Events

Woburn Abbey Triathlon

9.9.18 – Join the Melanoma Focus team for discounted entry to the Woburn Abbey Triathlon and a great day out.

London Marathon Walk 2018

22.9.18 Walk the streets of London in aid of Melanoma Focus, see the capital’s iconic sights and less visited corners. A great team challenge.

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