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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Julia Musto

I thought my facial mole was harmless — until my doctor warned it could be skin cancer

When you’re waiting to learn whether or not you have cancer, it’s fairly easy to assume the worst.

Everyone knows someone whose life has been touched by cancer - and there’s no escaping the many factors that leave us at an increased risk of developing the chronic disease. The risk is in the water we drink, the food we eat, the air we breathe and the rays of sun that kiss our face in the mornings.

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