by Dr Stanley Green | Dec 20, 2016
To have a spot removed Last blog we wrote about the different kinds of melanoma that we find. Some are the usual brown ugly duckling kinds you will have seen on TV, magazines, etc. BUT…a whole host of melanomas are spot that you wouldn’t really look twice at. Until...
by Dr Julie Argent | Dec 9, 2016
They’re not necessarily what you might think When it comes to Melanoma, if you’re like most people, you’re probably thinking rather ugly brown spot that follows the ABCD rules. And when you look, they’re mostly pretty obvious. Except that’s where you’d be wrong....
by Dr Stanley Green | Sep 20, 2016
Many people, when first diagnosed with anything serious, immediately think the worst. And whilst a melanoma diagnosis needs to be taken very seriously, with new treatments constantly being researched, a melanoma diagnosis is often not the mortal blow it once was. If...
by Dr Julie Argent | Aug 31, 2016
As part of our ongoing series on the different types of skin cancer, this week we take a closer look at Melanoma. Australia has the second highest melanoma prevalence rate in the world. Must be something to do with our sun, sea, sand or ‘on the land’ culture and our...
by Dr Julie Argent | Jul 19, 2016
Aussies, just love to sunbake – something about our ‘sun, sand, sea culture. But did you know that all that sun exposure has led to Australia having the highest rate of skin cancer in the world? And whilst we’ve had variations of the Cancer Council’s ‘slip, slop,...
