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References for the skin cancer information centre

The information in the skin cancer information centre is based on the Cancerbackup booklet, Understanding skin cancer, which has been produced in accordance with the following sources and guidelines:

  • Improving Outcomes for People With Skin Cancer Including Melanoma. Cancer Service Guidance. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). February 2006.
  • Photodynamic Therapy for Non-melanoma Skin Tumours (including premalignant and primary non-metastatic skin lesions). NICE. February 2006.
  • Multiprofessional Guidelines for the Management of the Patient With Primary Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma. British Association of Dermatologists. 2002.
  • The Oxford Textbook of Oncology. Eds: Robert Souhami, Ian Tannock, Peter Hohenberger and Jean-Claude Horiot. Oxford University Press, 2001.
  • Skin cancer section of Cancer Research UK website: www.cancerhelp.org.uk

Guidelines are constantly being updated and those noted above may have been revised since the booklet was produced. You can access up-to-date guidelines in the health professionals section of the website.



Content last reviewed: 01 March 2007
Page last modified: 27 September 2007

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