Can a skin cancer growth appear overnight?

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I think I have cancer of the skin. Was small pale flat growth for years now pinker and bigger and itchy?

Answer 1

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.

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Answer 2

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.

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Answer 3

No: Most skin cancers grow rather slowly. They don' appear overnight. At some point, it may go from unnoticed to noticed, so it may seem to have appeared overnight.

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Answer 4

No: Skin cancers do not develop that quickly, however sometimes trauma to an area or bleeding can draw attention to a previously unnoticed lesion. If any question, have your pcm or a dermatologist check it out!

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Answer 5

No: No cancer shows up over night. Cancer usually takes many years to develop. Even lesions on skin gradually change (increase in size or change color ect) over time.

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Answer 6

Skin cancer: While the cellular process leading to skin cancer takes a longer time , a skin cancer may become visible suddenly.

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Answer 7

Doubtful: Only really rapid presenting carcinoma is a keratoacanthoma a form of of squamous cell carcinoma.

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