Skin Cancer Prevention: Strategies, Challenges and Future Directions
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 90
Special Issue Editors
Interests: skin cancer prevention; early diagnosis; treatment; epidemiology
Interests: skin cancer prevention; early diagnosis; treatment; epidemiology
Interests: skin cancer prevention; early diagnosis; treatment; epidemiology
Interests: skin cancer prevention; early diagnosis; treatment; epidemiology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Skin cancer remains the most common malignancy worldwide, with incidence rates continuing to rise despite decades of prevention campaigns. Both primary prevention, aimed at reducing ultraviolet exposure and other risk factors, and secondary prevention, focused on early detection and screening, are critical to mitigating this burden. However, important challenges persist, such as disparities in awareness and access to prevention, evolving risk factors, the need for culturally adapted messages, and gaps in the implementation of evidence-based strategies.
This Special Issue of Cancers welcomes the submission of original research articles, comprehensive reviews as well as communications, addressing any aspect of skin cancer prevention. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, epidemiology and burden of disease, behavioral and structural interventions, photoprotection, screening and early detection strategies, prevention in special populations, and innovative tools such as artificial intelligence and digital health. We aim to collate high-quality contributions that advance our understanding of skin cancer prevention and help translate knowledge into effective public health action.
We look forward to receiving your submissions and to collectively shaping a future where skin cancer prevention is more effective, equitable, and evidence-driven.
Prof. Dr. Véronique del Marmol
Prof. Dr. Mariano Suppa
Prof. Dr. Ana-Maria Forsea
Prof. Dr. Alexander Stratigos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- skin cancer prevention
- photoprotection
- early detection
- screening
- epidemiology
- public health
- behavioral interventions
- sun exposure
- artificial intelligence
- risk factors
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