title: Introduction to skin cancer nursing.
abstract: The incidence of skin cancer continues to increase annually and it is the most common cancer in the UK with over 100,000 cases each year. The treatment of skin cancer can involve many different disciplines including dermatology, plastic surgery, oncology, radiotherapy, ENT and maxillofacial and involves both adult and paediatric services in primary and secondary care. This article considers the many duties of a skin cancer clinical nurse specialist, and the increasing pressure such nurses are under. The skin cancer nurse specialist must liaise and work with the many different departments, and will be involved in the care of the patient with skin cancer from diagnosis throughout the pathway to discharge or death.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, University Hospital Trust, Queens Medical Centre Campus, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Godsell
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D000078329:Workforce