Skin cancer primary prevention by counseling patients with different skin tones

Skin Cancer Prevention Strategies

Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) has been identified as the primary etiologic agent for the induction and promotion of most skin cancers. The first associations between solar UVR and skin cancer were acknowledged by the scientific community in 1927. Since then, increasing evidence for the role of UVR in the causation of skin cancer has resulted in the listing of solar and artificial UVR as a human c...

Primary malignancy in patients with nonmelanoma skin cancer-letter.

Skin Cancer Prevention in Canada

The UV Index was introduced in Canada in 1992 in response to growing concerns about the potential increase of ultraviolet (UV) radiation due to ozone depletion. The index was adopted as a standard indicator of UV levels by the World Meteorological Organization and World Health Organization in 1994. This survey article gives an overview of the UV Index and the main features of its geographical d...

Skin cancer prevention: a commentary.

T he holy grail in health promotion is " sustainability. " This is the dreamed-of state in which a health promotion program runs on in perpetual motion without fuel, or, if it needs fuel, someone other than the program originator provides it. But the real world is not a vacuum, and friction will always retard forward movement. As well, health-promoting behaviors are often performed in a contest...

Prevention campaign against skin cancer.

BACKGROUND The melanoma incidence has increased over recent decades. Educational campaigns aim to encourage protection from the sun and early detection of melanoma. METHODS During a campaign in Switzerland, information on risk factors, sun protection and melanoma prevention was distributed. 10987 people completed a questionnaire regarding risk factors, and 2746 people were examined by a derma...