“No one should die of malignant melanoma” - A. Bernard Ackerman, 1985

Areas of Focus

The Skin Cancer Institute operates in four main areas of focus.
 

Recognition


  • Provide a platform to recognise skin cancer doctors and the broader skin cancer medical community, who have undertaken additional training to ensure best-practice skin cancer services.

 

 

Education


  • Increase community awareness of skin cancer to understand the principles of prevention and to correctly identify suspicious skin lesions.
  • Provide relevant best-practice information to medical professionals (eg. PCPs, pathologists, plastic surgeons, dermatologists, nurses, pharmacists) about skin cancers.
  • Increase the ability of non-medical professionals involved in personal grooming (e.g. hairdressers, tattoo artists, masseurs, beauticians) to accurately identify potential skin cancers.
  • Ensure all Primary Care Providers (PCPs) can competently conduct full-body skin examinations with dermatoscopy in order to accurately diagnose skin cancers.

 

 

Cross-Disciplinary Coordination

 

  • Optimise the capacity of the medical workforce to reduce the time between initial discovery and definitive treatment.
  • Explore methods to encourage cross-discipline communication to coordinate optimal care for the patient.
  • Reduce the financial burden on patients, governments and insurers.

 

 

Research


  • Provide funding support to research projects on the prevention, screening, diagnosis and management of skin cancer.