by Dr Stanley Green | Jan 12, 2017
Last blog we wrote about what might happen if you waited too long to have a suspicious spot looked at. This week we thought we might take a different view of what happens at a skin cancer clinic – that of a patient. One of our patients, who by virtue of patient...
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...
