Number One Health pleased to announce new Mole screening services. Please see the details below:
Number One Health at One Harley Street is one of the few private clinics in the UK to offer Mole Screening using the Fotofinder device and expert Mole Mapping.
To save time when visiting the clinic for your Mole Screening appointment, the following documents are made available for you to print out and complete at home prior to your appointment. Click on following links to download:
► Patient Information ► Mole Screening Form ► Mole Screening Consent Form ► Patient Management
This is a wonder of modern science that has been safely used in several thousand people world-wide. A special type of picture is taken of your mole and then compared to database of more than 5000 known lesions. A risk score is calculated for your mole. Our nurses are supported by expert dermatology consultants.
The benefits to you are:
Mole mapping provides a full digital image of the entire skin surface.
These identify the location and condition of every mole on the body. By regular comparison patient and doctor can spot changes in existing moles and any new moles that may develop. This assists in the earlier diagnosis of malignant melanoma. Mole mapping is particularly relevant for people with many and diverse moles.
We will refer you for surgical removal and histology (sample analysis to exclude cancer) at 108 Harley Street - www.108harleystreet.co.uk
The incidence of melanoma has risen over the past 30 years in most white populations Melanoma is highly amenable to secondary prevention through early detection The most common site for women is the legs and for men the trunk.
Risk factors: Sun exposureSunbedsFair skin with poor ability to tan - a freckled complexion with or without red hair - More than 100 skin neavi you have twice the risk of melanomaAtypical mole syndrome - genetic tendency Solar keratoses Family history - 5-10% of people with melanoma have a family historySome hormonal factors
Bad signs:
Change in:
http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/news/archive/pressreleases/2009/april/skin-cancer
www.genomel.org/english/patientinformation.htm
www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/brochure.aspx?e=216
www.bad.org.uk/public/leaflets/melanoma.asp
www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=2788
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