Doctors diagnose melanoma by removing the abnormal mole or area of skin. They send it to the laboratory to check if it's melanoma and how thick it is. You normally have a second operation to remove ...
Basal cell carcinomas, the most common form of skin cancer, occur in chronically sun-exposed areas such as the face. Locally advanced tumors in particular can be difficult to treat surgically. A ...
They will then decide if it needs to be removed or not. Removing a mole or patch of skin (excision biopsy) Your doctor might remove the abnormal area to find out if it's a melanoma skin cancer. This ...
Although the mole was deemed non-cancerous in August 2012, within three months it had changed - requiring a procedure to remove it. It was diagnosed as melanoma. Loti Jackson Loti Jackson recently ...
An 'invincible' mum admits she slathered herself in hair gel and baked on sunbeds four times a week for a tan 'like the celebs' - until her 'ugly' mole turned out to be cancer. Former ...
We all know the importance of covering up in the sun in order to lower our risk of skin cancer (or at least hopefully we all do – the anti-SPF movement doing the rounds on TikTok aside..