Understanding skin cancer
Audiobook
Published:
28 Feb 2021
Next review:
28 Feb 2024
Edition:
11
This information is for people who have, or are having tests for, skin cancer. We have also listed other sources of support and information, which we hope you’ll find useful.
This audiobook covers two common types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. These cancers are known as non-melanoma skin cancer. Around 132,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancer each year.
View our online information about skin cancer.
This audiobook covers two common types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. These cancers are known as non-melanoma skin cancer. Around 132,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancer each year.
View our online information about skin cancer.
In this audiobook
- 1 Information about this audiobook and other support from Macmillan
- 2 Introduction
- 3 The skin and cancer
- 4 Types of skin cancer
- 5 Causes and risks of skin cancer
- 6 Signs and symptoms
- 7 Diagnosing skin cancer
- 8 Treating skin cancer
- 9 Surgery
- 10 Cryotherapy
- 11 Photodynamic therapy
- 12 Chemotherapy cream
- 13 Immunotherapy cream
- 14 Radiotherapy
- 15 Less commonly used treatments for skin cancer
- 16 Clinical trials
- 17 Follow-up after treatment for skin cancer
- 18 Preventing further skin cancers
- 19 Body image
- 20 Your feelings
- 21 About our information
- 22 Other ways we can help you
- 23 Other organisations
- 24 Further resources
- 25 Can you do something to help
- 26 Information about this recording
Published:
28 Feb 2021
Next review:
28 Feb 2024
Edition:
11
This information is for people who have, or are having tests for, skin cancer. We have also listed other sources of support and information, which we hope you’ll find useful.
This audiobook covers two common types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. These cancers are known as non-melanoma skin cancer. Around 132,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancer each year.
View our online information about skin cancer.
This audiobook covers two common types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. These cancers are known as non-melanoma skin cancer. Around 132,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancer each year.
View our online information about skin cancer.
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How we can help
Macmillan Support Line
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