Causes and Risk Factors of Skin Cancer - Analysis and Recommendations

TO ANALYZE CAUSES AND RISK
FACTORS OF SKIN CANCER

Rationale for study
 Skin cancers are the ones that arise from
skin due to development of abnormal cells.
 increased incidences of these cancers in
UK.
 As per the studies, around 1, 00000 new
cases of skin cancer are diagnosed every
year.
 The disease has then a tendency to kill
over 2500 people in UK on a yearly basis.
 It accounts to every seven people on a
daily basis.

Aims and objectives
 Aim
 To assess the causes and risk factors
associated with skin cancer
 Objectives
 To analyze the statistics of skin cancer in UK
 To analyze what causes skin cancer
 To identify the population groups that is
vulnerable to develop skin cancer
 To suggest strategies for reducing the
chances of skin cancer


Critical review of key
references
 Armstrong, B. K., 2004. How sun exposure causes skin
cancer: an epidemiological perspective. In Prevention of
skin cancer. Springer Netherlands. pp. 89-116.
 Boffetta, P., Jourenkova, N. and Gustavsson, P., 1997.
Cancer risk from occupational and environmental
exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Cancer
Causes & Control. 8(3). pp.444-472.
 Freedman, D. M., Dosemeci, M. and McGlynn, K., 2002.
Sunlight and mortality from breast, ovarian, colon,
prostate, and non-melanoma skin cancer: a composite
death certificate based case-control study. Occupational
and Environmental Medicine. 59(4). pp.257-262.