NHS issues urgent skin check warning over melanoma

2 articles · Updated · The Mirror · May 1

Marking Skin Cancer Awareness Month, the health service urged people to contact a GP about suspicious skin changes, citing about 16,700 UK cases and 2,300 deaths annually.
It told the public to use the ABCDE checklist for asymmetry, border, colour, diameter and evolving moles, and warned itching, bleeding or crusting can also signal danger.
Melanoma, the UK's fifth most common cancer, can spread quickly but has high survival if caught early; the NHS says most preventable cases are linked to UV exposure and sunbeds.

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