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by sungam 279 days ago
Thanks for your kind words with regards to the app and well done for getting such a high score!. I agree that BCC is often subtle. My practice is also largely focused on skin cancer. I would say that the majority of melanomas (and SCCs) that I diagnose would be obvious to a patient that underwent a short period of focused training and checked their skin regularly. A possible explanation for the difference in our experience is that the incidence of skin cancer (and also atypical but benign moles) a lot higher in Australia than in the UK.
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There would be quite the difference in our patient demographics.

I have quite a few patients from the UK who have had several skin cancers. Invariably they went on holidays to Italy or Spain as a child and soaked up the sun.

Keep up the great work.