Cancer Education Centre

Skin Cancer

Less common in darker skin — but frequently diagnosed later, and often in places people never think to look.

Before you read on. Nothing on this page can tell you whether you have cancer. Symptoms described here have many causes, and most turn out not to be cancer. What this page can do is help you know what is worth checking, and act sooner rather than later.
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