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(spoilers!) here's how to win: everything is cancer, except the common moles and the keratoses. OP, what are some of the other common options for a spot on the
by owenversteeg 1y ago
(spoilers!) here's how to win: everything is cancer, except the common moles and the keratoses.
OP, what are some of the other common options for a spot on the body aside from common moles, cancer, and keratoses? Solar lentigines, freckles, bug bites, eczema? I'm also curious what the actual chance of cancer is given a random mole anywhere on the body, obviously a more involved question.
- sungam 1y agoGood observations! But hopefully you learned something in coming to those conclusion... The chance of a random skin lesion being skin cancer is extremely low. Apart from the appearance key things to look for are a lesion that is not going away particularly if it is changing in appearance. Here are some other common skin lesions: - Dermatofibroma (harmless skin growth) - Actinic keratosis (sun damage) - Milium - Comedome - Acne pustule / nodule - Viral wart - Molluscum contagiousum (harmless viral growth) - Cherry angioma (harmless blood vessel growth) - Spider naevus (another type of blood vessel growth) There are more than 2000 diagnoses in dermatology so not an exhaustive list!