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SIGNS | A Checklist of Symptoms and Signs for Suspected Melanoma |  | NORMAL People do have moles and freckles |  | ASYMMETRY One half unlike the other in shape |  | BORDER Irregular scalloped or poorly defined |  | BLEEDING Bleeding, oozing or crusting |  | COLOUR Varied shades of tan, brown, black, sometimes red, white or blue |  | DIAMETER Larger than the unsharpened end of a pencil - 7mm | | OTHER CHANGES IN THE SKIN - ITCHINESS, TENDERNESS, SOFTENING, HARDENING. | | IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT A SKIN LESION –
SEE YOUR GP WHO WILL REFER YOU TO A DERMATOLOGIST IF NECESSARY! | | | Note to GP's: If you believe a lesion to be a malignant melanoma or even just suspect it - it is a dermatological emergency REFER IMMEDIATELY either by phone or urgent letter- with early treatment total cure is possible.
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Skin Cancer 
