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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NICE seeking healthcare professionals and lay members for melanoma guideline committee

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is recruiting clinicians, nurses and lay members for its Guideline Committee on ‘Skin Tumours, including Melanoma: assessment and management’. Please follow the link for further information and the relevant NICE websites.

Sentinel Node Biopsy Guideline paper published in JPRAS

This guideline, originally released as a consensus statement by a group of 70 UK clinicians, nurses and patient representatives convened by Melanoma Focus, has now been published in The Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. Follow the link for further information and access to the published article.

Programme for Regional Meeting announced

The 2020 Melanoma Focus Regional Meeting will be held in Southampton on Friday 15 May, hosted by University Hospital, Southampton. Sessions concentrate on immunotherapy, toxicity, ocular melanoma and locally-advanced disease. Speakers will include Dr Simon Eschweiller from La Jolla Institute for Immunology, California and Professor Christian Ottensmeier. Follow the link for programme and registration details.

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