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What are the symptoms of skin cancer?

What are the symptoms of skin cancer?

Generally speaking, skin cancers tend not to give any pain, itching or oozing at all. Most people with a skin cancer are not made uncomfortable by the lesion on their skin. There are changes you can look out for and this depends on the type of skin cancer. For example, Melanoma will be a black mole which looks like it is changing every three to four months. Basal Cell Carcinomas (BCC) and Squamous Cell Carcinomas (SCC) tend to be a pink nodule, with a crusty surface and perhaps some bleeding.

Most skin cancers do not produce any pain or bleeding, but the commonest symptoms occur with Squamous Cell Carcinoma, which feels tender when pressure is applied to the skin.