Cancer of the Skin

UK sources of information and / or support

 The leaflets section of Patient UK

The Cancer section includes leaflets on skin cancer.

 The Wessex Cancer Trust

Offers help and advice on skin cancers (melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma).

 Skcin Website

Dedicated to bringing you vital information about Skin Cancer. Written by medical professionals specialising in all areas of skin cancer including detection, prevention, surgery and cure. The principle objective of the charity is to ensure that the dangers of over-exposure to the sun are given greater profile, resulting in the vital early detection of the disease.

 Sun Smart

Aims to give positive practical advice to reduce people's risk of skin cancer.

 Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillan provide cancer information, practical advice and support for cancer patients, their families and carers.

 CancerHelp UK

CancerHelp UK is a free information service about cancer and cancer care for people with cancer and their families. It is brought to you by Cancer Research UK. They believe that information about cancer should be freely available to all and written in a way that people can easily understand.

 Royal Marsden

A leading UK cancer centre, recognised worldwide for the quality of its services. Site includes comprehensive, authoritative patient information. See their Patient Information section.

 Skin Cancer

Information from the North London Cancer Network.

 Understanding Malignant Melanoma

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide a wide range of patient information leaflets including one in this area.

 Frequently Asked Questions About Freckles, Moles and Melanomas

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide a wide range of patient information leaflets including one in this area.

 Skin Cancer Research Fund

The Skin Cancer Research Fund (Frenchay Hospital) is based in Bristol and is a treatment centre of skin cancer, particularly malignant melanoma.

 Photodynamic therapy for non-melanoma skin tumours

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Photodynamic therapy for non-melanoma skin tumours (including premalignant and primary non-metastatic skin lesions).

 Improving outcomes for people with skin tumours including melanoma

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Skin tumours including melanoma.

 Cutaenous melanoma

A patient guide to complement the SIGN national guideline for health professionals.

 Sunlight, Sunscreens, Health and Melanoma

From the 'Behind the Medical Headlines' website developed to provide authoritative and independent expert commentaries on topical medical matters reported in the international media. Produced by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

 Medicine Guide for Skin Cancers

Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.

 Medicine Guide for Melanoma

Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.

 Dermatology.co.uk

Website run by UK skin specialists. Contains useful information on skin cancer including melanoma.

 Skin Cancer

Information leaflet available on the website provided by the Skin Care Campaign.

 British Association of Dermatologists

Their website aims to be a source for members of the public searching for reliable information about the skin and skin diseases. See their patient information section which includes information about skin cancers.

 British Skin Foundation

Provides reliable information on various skin disorders, including various skin cancers.

 Skin cancer (malignant melanoma)

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

 Skin cancer (non-melanoma)

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

 Skin cancer

Information from BUPA.

See also the Patient UK cancer page for many other links.

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.