Melanoma is the most serious and dangerous form of skin cancer. It develops in the melanocyte cells of the skin, the cells responsible for producing melanin, the pigment that gives skin its colour. Although melanoma is the least common type of skin cancer, it tends to grow much faster than other types and carries a higher risk of spreading to other parts of the body.<\/p>\n
Melanoma often shows up as a new spot on the skin, or as an existing spot that changes in size, shape or colour over a period of weeks to months. These spots typically have uneven edges, a flat or slightly raised surface, and may contain more than one colour.<\/p>\n
Catching melanoma early greatly improves the outcome of treatment, and most cases are treated with a straightforward surgical excision.<\/p>\n
Use the ABCDE method to check whether a mole could be a melanoma:
\nA – Asymmetry: one half of the mole looks different from the other half.
\nB – Border: the edges are irregular or poorly defined.
\nC – Colour: the mole shows several colours or shades that are changing.
\nD – Diameter: the mole is bigger than 6mm across.
\nE – Evolving: the mole has changed in size, shape or colour over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3066,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"class_list":["post-3065","cip_item","type-cip_item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loganskin.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/cip_item\/3065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loganskin.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/cip_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loganskin.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/cip_item"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loganskin.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loganskin.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}