Non-melanoma skin cancer: signs, risk factors and nursing care
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Non-melanoma skin cancer: signs, risk factors and nursing care

Lynne Pearce Health writer

Nurses are an important source of support for people with this form of cancer, whose treatment can be harrowing

Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most common cancer in the UK and incidence is rising. Almost 400,000 diagnoses a year are expected by 2025, says the major UK report State of the Nation: Non-melanoma Skin Cancer published in 2021. Yet many members of the public do not recognise it as a form of cancer and would struggle to identify its signs and symptoms.

Cancer Nursing Practice. 21, 2, 12-13. doi: 10.7748/cnp.21.2.12.s8

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