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If the only way to know if moles or lesions are cancerous is to take a biopsy, what's the purpose of a screening? what if a doctor suspects a mole is normal when it's not? would it be quick to change?
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Screening: identifies moles and other lesions with suspicious features that might require biopsy. If a mole has benign features, the overwhelming probability is that it is benign, and biopsy would not be necessary.
Answered 5/30/2015
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