CLINICAL
DERMATOLOGY
SKIN CANCER FOUNDATION:
ANNUAL SKIN CANCER UPDATE
The Skin Cancer Foundation will be hosting the third annual Skin Cancer Update at Atterbury Theatre in Pretoria, on 1 July, 2017.
This event serves as a teaching
platform for physician and
healthcare providers on the topic
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of skin cancer. International and
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local experts brief the medical and
nursing fraternity at the very highest
level, on important matters relating
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to skin cancer prevention, skin cancer
detection, management and cure.
The Skin Cancer Foundation of
South Africa (SCFSA) is an independent,
self-funded organisation dedicated
You are cordially invited
to the Skin Cancer
Foundation’s annual:
SKIN
CANCER
UPDATE
where the latest information
will be shared by skin
cancer experts
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July 1, 2017
ATTERBURY
THEATRE
Lynnwood
Pretoria
08h30 - 17h00
Registration 8h00 - 8h30
RSVP to: Theresa at
[email protected]
to preventing skin cancer and
implementing a National Skin
Cancer Screening Day, where South
Africans can be screened for skin
cancer free-of-charge. The initial
priority of the recently founded SCFSA
is to establish a comprehensive skin
cancer prevention strategy for the
people of SA. This programme will
focus on skin cancer awareness,
education and prevention.
SKIN CANCER
FOUNDATION’S ROLE
TOPICS:
- Non-Surgical Treatments for Skin Cancer
- Skin Cancer Management in a Plastic
Surgery Practice
- Counting the Cost of Skin Cancer
- Skin Cancer in Skin of Colour
- Skin Cancer Statistics
- Clinical study for the evaluation of the efficacy of
vitamin A, C and E Oil and a neutralized lactic
acid in adults with photo damage
- Skin Cancer Prevention and Education
- Surgical Management of Skin Cancer
- Nevi – Molemapping And More
- Malignant Melanoma Update
- Is the Emperor Dead? – A Clinical
Perspective on New Generation Treatment
- Treatment for Inoperable Basal Cell Carcinoma
- Skin Cancer in Dermatological Practice
- Short Course on Molemapping with
Certification. Please RSVP for this as seating
is limited
Skin cancer is one of the most common
cancers worldwide, and this is no
different in SA. To address the growing
incidence of skin cancer in this country,
the Skin Cancer Foundation of South
Africa (SCFSA) was created with
the aim of implementing a National
Skin Cancer Screening Day, which
will be held in September every year.
Facilitating these events and projects
requires special skill and insight, which
the SCFSA will provide.
It is anticipated that this campaign
will be run on a national basis. With
the aid of extensive media coverage
it is their aim to educate and inform
the public of South Africa about
the dangers of skin cancer and how
to avoid it.
It is also the role of the foundation
to assimilate and distribute information
about skin cancer and its symptoms
to the lay public, press and medical
professionals. A lack of data about skin
cancer in SA is a pressing concern, and
would also form a key component of
the SCFSA and its activities.
The foundation has resolved to
interact and cooperate with any
groups, individuals and societies that
share this vision and can benefit from
or contribute to the work that is
being done.
NATIONAL SKIN CANCER
SCREENING DAY
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The national skin cancer day is on
1 September of every year. This is a
special day, set aside on the advent of
spring, to motivate the public to assess
their skins for skin lesions that may
possibly need attention.
To this end, dermatologists
countrywide are supporting the
Skin Cancer Foundation in fighting
skin cancer – by conducting free
screenings on 1 September each
year in their respective practices, all
over the country.