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Comparing topical treatment versus surgery to support patients and alleviate health service pressures.
Current research
Cochrane systematic reviews examining interventions for the treatment of BCC
This Cochrane review of treatment for BCC, which is also published in the BJD, has been cited 60 times. It has informed NICE guidelines, European guidance for treatment of BCC and ophthalmology guidance for treatment of BCC of the eyelid.
It also informed a grant application to Cancer Research UK for the surgical excision versus Imiquimod 5% cream for nodular and superficial basal cell carcinoma (SINS): a multi centre, non inferiority, randomised controlled trial study. This review is a major evidence source for the UK NICE guidance on improving outcomes for skin cancer patients.
Systematic review of the experience of skin cancer patients
Including qualitative and mixed-method reviews.
Completed projects
Identifying incidence rates of NMSC worldwide through systematic review
This systematic review highlighted the increasing problem for healthcare services worldwide and showed the incidence rates in the UK to be increasing at a greater rate than the rest of Europe. The review also highlighted the requirement for prevention studies in this area and suggested that registration standards for NMSC should be improved to the level of other invasive disease.
By Lomas, A.; Leonardi-Bee, J.; Bath-Hextall, F. British Journal of Dermatology, volume: 166, issue: 5, pages: 1069 -1080. Published: May 2012.
This paper has been cited well over 200 times and received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.
Trends in incidence of skin basal cell carcinoma. Additional evidence from a UK primary care database study.
This study highlighted the increasing incidence of BCC in the UK and among younger people, which hadn’t previously been seen.
Bath-Hextall, Fiona; Leonardi-Bee, Jo; Smith, Chris; et al. International Journal of Cancer, volume: 121, issue: 9, pages: 2105-2108. Published: November 1 2007. Cited over 70 times.
Using a primary care data base (THIN) to look at the incidence of BCC and risk factors for BCC in primary care
This also included using the THIN database, linked to the BGS database, to look in particular at arsenic as a risk factor for BCC.