About the patient information questions
This series of patient information pages on skin cancer has been developed by Assistant Professor Anthony Dixon on behalf of the Australasian College of Skin Cancer Medicine.
© The material on the Australasian College of Skin Cancer Medicine web site including all of these patient information sheets is subject to copyright.
ACSCM permits the download of any or all of these patient information sheets for personal usage.
ACSCM also encourages medical practitioners to download any or all of these sheets to assist in the consultation process regarding skin cancer and its management.
However, ACSCM does not permit the wider publication, reproduction or distribution of these sheets outside of the individual usage described above.
No usage of these facts sheets is permitted without acknowledging the Australasian College of Skin Cancer Medicine ownership of this intellectual property.
These facts sheets are designed to provide background information for patients so as they can better understand their melanoma or other skin cancers.
The complete series of fact sheets is as follows:
1. Sun protection
2. Types of skin cancer
3. Types of melanoma
4. Types of BCC
5. Types of SCC
6. Management of melanoma
7. Investigations for melanoma
8. Dermoscopy
9. Cryotherapy
10. Curettage
11. Creams for skin cancer
12. Sentinel lymph node biopsy
13. Picking the right doctor
14. Who does reconstruction?
15. Scar revision
16. Non surgical management of melanoma
17. Melanoma units
18. Margin control surgery
19. Photodynamic therapy
20. Machine diagnosis
21. Melanoma appearance
22. Actinic keratoses
If you have a concern about any fact sheet or if you feel that an important fact sheet is missing, email the College at admin@skincancercollege.com
ACSCM would also like to thank Dr. Graeme Siggs DACSCM for his assistance preparing all of these fact sheets for presentation on ACSCM web site.
We appreciate your advice and feedback.