The doctor says my mole is a melanoma. What happens next?
- Written by Katie Lee, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland
ShutterstockSo your doctor removed a mole from your skin and now says it’s cancerous. What happens next?
Firstly, you’re not alone! Two in three Australians will have a skin cancer in their lifetime, nearly all of them basal cell carcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas, or melanomas.
If you have a “mole” – brown, round...
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