There are a number of symptoms you should look out for, including:
- a new spot on your skin that doesn’t go away
- a spot or mole that is changing its size, or shape, or colour
- a spot that is uneven or is bigger than about 6mm wide, or the colour spreads into the skin around it
- a sore that doesn’t heal
- a mole that is itchy, scaly, sore or swollen or bleeding or oozing
- a painful mole.
Symptoms may appear on the soles of the feet, palms of the hands and under fingernails and toenails.
Having these symptoms may not mean you have cancer, but it’s important to check.
If you have any of these problems, or are worried about something else, yarn with your doctor, nurse or Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Worker.