NATIONAL INSTITUTE for HEALTH & CARE EXCELLENCE (NICE)

Melanoma UK is a NICE stakeholder and actively participates in any consultations linked to Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer.

The most recent NICE Appraisal is NICE recommends pembrolizumab as an option for stage 2b and 2c melanoma patients

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Sophie's First 70.3 Triathlon

I'm dedicating my first triathlon to my Dad and raising funds to help prevent and cure melanoma.
Sophie's Half Ironman

I'm dedicating my first triathlon to my Dad and raising funds to help prevent and cure melanoma.
Sophie's First Half Ironman

I'm dedicating my first triathlon to my Dad and raising funds to help prevent and cure melanoma.
100 miles = £100 💙💙💙

I am hoping to raise £100 for Melonoma UK. All charities do amazing work but this charity is particularly important to our family.

MELANOMA AND SKIN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

Welcome everyone to the start of Melanoma Skin Cancer Awareness Month!
MELANOMA B-RAF AWARENESS DAY 26TH MAY

Melanoma BRAF Awareness Day is a disease awareness day, that will take place on 26th May every year, as part of Melanoma Awareness Month.
PROTECT THE FUTURE YOU

Protect The Future You! Today Melanoma UK shines a light on a new major public awareness campaign to highlight the scale of unidentified melanoma during the last two years of the COVID pandemic
GLOBAL COALITION FOR MELANOMA PATIENT ADVOCACY

Working Together to Help Melanoma Patients Globally
MELANOMA INTERNATIONAL PATIENT ADVOCATES COALITION (MI-PAC)

MI-PAC Making a Difference Around the World
MELANOMA SKIN CANCER DRUG RECOMMENDED FOR ROUTINE NHS USE

NICE recommends the routine use of nivolumab as an option after surgery for some people with melanoma.
UK PATIENT ADVOCACY LEADERSHIP COALITION (UK PALCO)

The UK Patient Advocacy Leadership Coalition (UK PALCO) is a collection of like-minded cancer patient advocacy organisations that are dedicated to supporting and improving the lives of people living with cancer in the UK.
MELANOMA MATES

If you are a Facebook user, why not join the UK based support group for those who have been diagnosed with melanoma. Whether you are a patient or a relative or carer of a melanoma patient take a look at this amazing support network
MELANOMA UK ON THE SPOT EXPERT WEBINARS

Access to insights from the experts working in melanoma and non melanoma skin cancer.
SKIN CANCER UK

Melanoma UK launches its sister organisation Skin Cancer UK. Skin Cancer UK has been established to address the needs of people with Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer (NMSC) in the UK.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

About half of all melanomas start with a change in previously normal-looking skin. This usually looks like a dark area or an abnormal new mole.
THE 'ABCDE' RULE

Do You Know Your ABC...DE's? The ABCDE Rule of skin cancer is an easy-to-remember system for determining whether a mole or growth may be cancerous.
SKINVISION SMARTPHONE APP

Get Smart About Skin Cancer - Melanoma UK and health technology company SkinVision has joined forces to provide a service that helps people to perform regular skin checks and flags up potential cancers to the attention of healthcare professionals.
SKIN SELF EXAMINATION

We recommend that you do a head-to-toe self-examination of your skin every month. This way you can find any new or changing lesions that might be cancerous or precancerous.
STAGES OF MELANOMA

The stage of a cancer is a term used to describe the size and depth of the melanoma, and whether it has spread. Knowing the stage of your cancer helps doctors decide on the best treatment for you.
LONGITUDINAL MELANONYCHIA

Longitudinal Melanonychia Guidance By Dr Christian Aldridge
DOWNLOAD THE SKINVISION APP FOR FREE

As part of our National Mole Hunt we are giving away thousands of free 7-day SkinVision licences to the UK public. With the dramatic shortage of skin cancer specialists we need to empower the UK public to get involved and help us fight back. Download yours today!
2020 MELANOMA SKIN CANCER REPORT

Melanoma Global Coalition. For a second year, Melanoma UK is proudly supporting the 2020 global public awareness campaign in the fight against melanoma.
ME MELANOMA, NO CHANCE!

My Melanoma Journey as written by Jayne Williams
OVERVIEW OF MELANOMA

Melanoma is a type of cancer that starts in cells in the skin called melanocytes. These cells make a pigment called melanin which gives skin its natural colour.