The
findings of this recently published research support the sustainability and
efficacy of partner-assisted skin self-examination interventions for early
detection targeting individuals with a history of melanoma.
Updated information on sunbed legislation around the world is now available online, thanks to Martin Gledhill of EMF Services in Christchurch.
Two New Zealand clinicians feature as authors of two recently published textbooks on skin cancer surgery and treatment. These are Clinical Cases in Skin Cancer Surgery and Treatment by Dr Sharad Paul and Dr Robert Norman (eds) and Minor Surgery. The Visual Guide by Dr Samantha Murton.
Immune irregularities may contribute to the
high rates of melanoma observed in those treated for non-Hodgkin
lymphoma, according to study findings published online in the Journal of
Clinical Oncology.
Melanoma Institute Australia has developed an interactive textbook for medical, nursing and allied professionals about the effective diagnosis and management of melanoma. The book is available now at the Apple iBooks Store.
“Be Beautiful and Sexy; Look Young; Feel Better; and Science, Health, and Nature” are themes that should be counteracted to address the appeal of sunbathing and sunbed use among women, according to the authors of a recent Canadian study examining messages that women receive about the benefits of a tan.
Diagnostic and surgical procedures for
primary melanoma vary substantially in Queensland, according to authors of a
recent Australian study. They conclude
that “partial biopsy can influence initial tumor microstaging” and also that “patient,
tumour and doctor characteristics influence SLNB practice”.
Adding aspirin to immunotherapy may decrease the rate of growth of melanomas compared to immunotherapy alone, according to results of research involving an animal model of cancer published recently in the journal Cell.
Early sentinel-node biopsy is associated
with worse survival in patients with cutaneous melanoma, according to authors
of a study published in the European Journal of Cancer.
“This paper reviews public health interventions that have been based in behavioral economics concepts and their results, and provides examples of new and creative ways physicians and health professionals can actively apply insights from behavioral economics to counsel teenagers and young adults about skin cancer prevention.”