Dealing with common skin lesions in older people
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JCN 2015, Vol 29, No 6 53 Skin cancer can affect people at any age, however the majority of skin cancers develop in older people (Farage et al, 2008; Johnson and Taylor, 2012), with the incidence of malignant melanoma being 10 times that of younger people (Lasithiotakis et al, 2010). It can be difficult for community nurses to identify dangerous skin lesions as many people have a certain amount of benign lesions that make identification difficult (Lasithiotakis et al, 2010).
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