Skin cancer spot check

An article published in the Daily Mail about a 59-year old lady who had a recurring spot on her nose highlights how the signs of skin cancer can potentially go unrecognised for some time. Luckily for Joy Yaffe, the lady featured in the article, a cosmetic beauty doctor in France advised her to have a biopsy, and just weeks later, she was receiving treatment for a squamous cell carcinoma, a common type of skin cancer.

To read the Daily Mail article, visit http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2409499/Annoying-spot-nose-It-cancer.html

To read an article published by the FHT in International Therapist (Issue 105), that highlights a number of free, reliable sources of information about skin cancer, suitable for therapists and clients, visit

http://www.fht.org.uk/MainWebSite/Resources/DOCUMENT/GI_skincancer_spotcheck_ITJuly13.pdf

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