Thanks Alffe! That's excellent and concise info. in that post.
Something else that was suggested to us here years ago was to take photographs of areas where there are moles. It's not easy to check the moles on our own back so get someone to take pics of our back and especially to take them of children's backs if they have moles already. Then you basically have a reference point for future check-ups.
This frightening information quoted below is about where I live and is from the Queensland Cancer Fund...
http://www.cancerqld.org.au/pdf/Unde...skincancer.pdf
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How common is skin cancer?
On current figures, one in two Australians develop some form of skin cancer during their lifetime. This is the highest rate in the world.
In Australia, skin cancer is the most common type of cancer.
In Queensland, roughly one person in 19 will get a melanoma in their lifetime. Around 2500 Queenslanders develop melanoma each year.
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