Category: Melanoma Awareness
Learn about melanoma, its risks, early detection, and prevention strategies to help raise awareness and promote skin health.
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Understanding Mole Mapping: A General Practitioner’s Guide
Your skin tells a story, and that story evolves over time. Freckles, birthmarks, and moles are all natural markers of that journey. While most moles are harmless, they are the most common sites where melanoma can develop. Regular self-exams can help spot changes, but advancements in technology have made early skin cancer detection more accurate […]
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Melanoma Skin Cancer & Your Personal Risk Score
Doctors recommend that people take time to examine how their skin may have been damaged by the sun. They should be completing a thorough self-examination of their moles to check for any changes. Changes can signify that what you thought was a mole actually could be a melanoma. Melanoma skin cancer is the most dangerous form of […]
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Melanoma Awareness: Dispelling Melanoma Myths
As doctors that have dedicated our careers to skin cancer prevention, detection and treatment, we are huge advocates for skin education as well. Knowledge is power and it can make a monumental difference in the early detection and prevention of skin cancers. With May being Melanoma Awareness Month, we are dispelling some common myths about melanoma – […]