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April 16, 2013
BehindTheMedspeak: How to tell just by looking if a mole is benign
Quick and dirty: If there is a hair growing out of a mole, the mole is benign.
I learned this during my fourth year of medical school on a dermatology rotation.
Why does hair growth equate with a spot or nevus not being cancerous?
Because the degree of cellular and tissue organization required for hair to grow is incompatible with the disorganized, chaotic cell growth of cancer.
April 16, 2013 at 04:01 AM | Permalink
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Alas, no. Skin cancer can occur anywhere there is skin.
Posted by: bookofjoe | Apr 16, 2013 7:47:09 AM
Hmm, very interesting. Does that mean that the un-bald never get skin cancer on the scalp and dogs & cats never get it on the furry parts?
Posted by: Flautist | Apr 16, 2013 6:10:53 AM
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