title: Promoting knowledge and awareness of skin cancer.
abstract: Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and the incidence continues to increase. Jane Freak discusses the causes, treatment and prevention of skin cancer.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Day Treatment Centre, Salisbury Healthcare NHS Trust, Salisbury, Wiltshire. Jane.Freak@salisbury.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Freak
mesh_terms: D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology