Read article Where this skin cancer information comes from
On this page are the major sources of information that we use to put together this section of CancerHelp UK.
All our information is checked by cancer specialists and surgeons who specialise in treating cancer. The names of our specialist reviewers are at the end of this list. We also try to find patients to review all our sections. If you have had non melanoma skin cancer, live in the UK and would like to become a patient reviewer, you can write to us by clicking on contact us.
Cancer Research UK
CancerStats Series
US National Cancer Institute
Information on the treatment of non melanoma skin cancer
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/types/skin/
Principles and practice of oncology (8th edition)
De Vita, V.T., Hellman, S. and Rosenberg S.A.
Lippincott, Wiliams and Wilkins, 2008
Improving outcomes for people with skin cancers including melanoma, The manual
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), February 2006
Link to the 2006 manual on the NICE website
Improving outcomes for people with skin tumours including melanoma (update): the
management of low risk basal cell carcinomas in the community (2010 partial guidance
update)
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), August 2010
Link to the 2010 partial guidance update on the NICE website
Referral guidelines for suspected cancer
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), June 2005
Link to the guidelines on the NICE website
Ambulight photodynamic therapy for the treatment of non melanoma skin cancer
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), July 2011
Link to the guidance on the NICE website
Interventions for basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Bath-Hextall FJ, Perkins W, Bong J, Williams HC. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD003412. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.
Melanotropic peptides: more than just Barbie drugs and sun-tan jabs? Langan, EA, Nie, Z, Rhodes, LE. British Journal of Dermatology 2010, 163, pp.451-455
Dr Jerry Marsden, FRCP
Dr Charlotte Proby MRCP
Dr Catherine Harwood MBBS, MRCP
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