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Can a skin cancer growth appear overnight?
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Changes in lesions: Cancerous changes occur in skin lesions over the course of time. It may not occur overnight.Periodic check ups necessary for suspicious skin lesions.
Answered 5/5/2017
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Yes: A skin cancer can appear suddenly overnight or be very slow growing or appear in a previously benign lesion. It can appear in previously completely normal skin and pop up suddenly and grow aggressively fast, or be slow growing. It can occur within a mole that you had for many years and then change.
Answered 3/20/2017
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