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The superficial spreading of melanoma can be successfully treated if detected early. The cure rate is more than 98%.
Most dangerous form of melanoma. If left untreated can spread to other parts of the body. Grows quickly. Looks different from common melanomas. Raised and even in colour. Many are red or pink and some are brown or black. They are firm to touch and dome-shaped.
Appears as a new spot or an existing spot that changes in colour, size or shape. Can appear on skin not normally exposed to the sun.
Most common, least dangerous form of skin cancer. Red, pale or pearly in colour, appears as a lump or dry, scaly area. May ulcerate or fail to completely heal. Grows slowly, usually on areas that are often exposed to the sun.
A thickened, red scaly spot that may bleed easily, crust or ulcerate. Grows over some months, usually on areas often exposed to the sun. More likely to occur in people over 50 years of age.
Melanomas are often irregular or asymmetrical in shape and/or colour.
Melanoma often has irregular, blurry, or jagged edges and hard-to-define border. They tend to have both well-defined and fading segment. B can also used for 'black', specially in a white-skinned person
Melanoma can be brown (96%) but can have as many as five or six colours such as blue, black, tan, grey, pink, and red: 50% of melanomas include these uncommon colours. These colours are unevenly or irregularly distributed. C is also for Changing Colour.
A lesion is larger than 6 mm or is growing larger.
In adults, benign moles are mature and stable and do not change. Melanoma will change in colour size and shape over time.
A newly elevated or thickened lesion is suspicious of Nodular Melanoma
Benign lesions tend to be soft whereas Nodular MM and other skin cancers can be firm to touch.
A nodular melanoma tends to grow rapidly with changes noted over days or weeks.
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