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Real stories from Australians impacted by skin cancer.
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I was originally diagnosed with Stage III Melanoma (BRAF) on February the 16th 2022 with lymph nodes in my right groin and pelvis affected.
Stage 4 Melanoma. It's hard to imagine that "stage 4" something can be the most dangerous level of something, but when it comes to Cancer….
My name is Rachel. Im from Dublin, Ireland. Well, my very long story starts just after my 40th birthday in 2016 my son Hayden noticed….
Checkups in between November 2021 noticed a lump a few cms away from initial incision. We went back and had MRI and CT scan in late…
Leah was a vibrant young woman who grew up on the Central Coast of NSW with her parents Lex and Heather and two sisters Esther and Nadine.
I was only 15 years old when my life changed for the worse due to melanoma. I often think about how different things would be if it didn’t exist!
Growing up on the south coast of NSW, I spent a lot of my younger years at the beach without a care in the world. The surf and sun was what it…
Hi, my name is Kristy Maloney. I am a 40-year-old single mother to three amazing children (Brianna, 17, Charlotte, 7 and Tyler, 3). I grew up…
My melanoma journey began when my beautiful daughter was just 10 weeks old. I had a mole on the back of my thigh that I noticed had…
In February 2020, a biopsy showed that I had a squamous cell carcinoma of skin origin (cSCC) on my right cheek which was surgically removed.
Hi! My name is Clare. I'm a survivor of multiple, recurring skin cancers and I feel incredibly grateful to be alive and able to share my…