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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Rikki Loftus

Young father diagnosed with skin cancer reveals six signs you should see a GP

A landscape gardener who spent eight hours a day working outdoors and “never worried about using sunscreen” has warned others to be sun savvy after waking to find a tennis ball-sized lump under his arm that turned out to be a cancerous tumour.

Shane McCormick, 47, who now works as a landscaping sector manager, was initially diagnosed with skin cancer in 2017 after a mole was removed, but thought he was in the clear until, two years later, it suddenly returned, spreading to his lymph nodes.

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