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Queensland professor's life potentially saved by South Australian doctor who saw him on TV

Professor Dan Angus' life could have been saved by a doctor thousands of kilometres away. (ABC Radio Brisbane: Antonia O'Flaherty)

Queensland professor Dan Angus was being interviewed in a television story on ABC News when a South Australian GP noticed something suspicious looking on his cheek.

Dr Graeme Siggs, who has a special interest in skin cancer and had never met Professor Angus, noticed he had a brown spot on his cheek and wrote to him to suggest he get it checked.

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