Hullo to those coming from the BBC site
Just taking a break from an early spring clean in my room, I wanted to say hi to those who may be linking here from one of the two articles posted at the BBC news site. Thanks for the positive feedback, it has thus far been a busy night catching up with the email, keep it coming.
- Article 1 : Blogging to prevent skin cancer
- Article 2 : Cancer survivor launches website
I’m in so much debt to the people who made this happen. It seems that a lot of people know what causes skin cancer, but as for spotting it … an awful lot is left to be desired.
Mostly when I write about skin cancer I’m thinking about the people who don’t have it yet, or who could have it without knowing it. I’m also thinking about why in the face of such good awareness about the dangers of the sun, there should be such an epidemic of skin cancer cases. The more I think, the more it seems obvious that if we only try we can get things like national Melanoma screening programs in place. We can explain why a tan is also a sign of skin damage and why intermitent exposure leads to deadly skin cancers.
Hopefully we can use moleAware to promote an informal approach to skin cancer detection that anyone can feel part of, the main aim I have here is to get people to focus on detecting Melanoma’s because if left too late it can be a cancer that is unstoppable. I believe that if we take a step back we can alter the attitude towards Melanoma skin cancer and move it from being a beast to being a hurdle that can be overcome. If we can also get people to double check their moles too, we’ll be helping more people get better diganosis, we can’t simply stop it, we can however stop it before it gets too invasive, and as it so happens that is the best treatment around for Melanoma currently.