IoCP & Melanoma UK partnership

IoCP announce partnership with Melanoma UK

We were delighted to announce our partnership with Melanoma UK during Skin Cancer Awareness month in May. The intention of this partnership is to raise awareness of melanoma, not only during May but throughout the course of the year and your careers, for podiatrists and foot health practitioners to identify lesions of concern, and to give guidance through information and services available to both healthcare professionals and their patients.

Melanoma UK is the leading melanoma patient support organisation in the UK who are active in their participation in health technology appraisal meetings (NICE and SMC), presenting clinically validated information on their website, authoring publications from their Melanoma UK digital registry and who have developed and regularly engage with their very own panel of medical experts.

Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer and is the 5th most common cancer in the UK. By 2025 it is projected that 19,513 people in the UK are expected to be diagnosed with melanoma and according to the World Health Organisation approximately 3,119 of these people are expected to die from melanoma that year.

As podiatrists and foot health professionals we see a 3rd of a person’s body each and every working day. It is important that we have an understanding of troublesome lesions and that we can identify those which could prove lethal to our patients. This partnership is the beginning of a journey to educate our profession, offer greater care to our patients, and an opportunity to work together to help reduce these daunting figures.

What better way to introduce you to melanoma on the lower limb than a highly-informative webinar on acral and subungual melanoma with Professor Christian Aldridge (Melanoma UK Medical Advisor) and Ms Kei Hutchinson (Associate lecturer In podiatry at Cardiff Uni) on Acral and Subungual Melanoma which can be found at https://www.melanomauk.org.uk/ acral-and-subungual-melanoma.

Together with Melanoma UK we aim to bring you further information, news and education around skin cancers and melanoma throughout the course of the year.

Anthony Hubbard, CEO IoCP:

“I am delighted that we are in partnership with Melanoma UK.

Melanoma UK are passionate about supporting patients and their families during the very difficult times faced upon diagnosis. They also actively promote education and awareness of melanoma to help to drive the early detection of the disease, which makes so much difference to the outcomes. They have long-standing support from a large network of medical professionals who work in research, education, medical and surgical disciplines, as well as those who provide patient support after diagnosis. We are proud to be working alongside Melanoma UK, who will be supporting the IoCP in podiatric dermatology education, whilst we support them in driving their early detection awareness across our membership for the benefit of our patients.”

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REMEMBER 6 10mm8mmmmTHE ABCDE OF

MELANOMA

When one half doesn’t match the other When borders are irregular, ragged, blurred When there is no uniform pigmentation When greater than 6mm but could be smaller Changes to a mole’s appearance