Ms Poulton knew at that point she needed to get it done.
"Jay being a stranger at the time, it's more abrupt, it's more confronting when it's someone you don't know," she said."He suspected melanoma so he took it out that day, got it tested and it was," she said.The melanoma Mr Allen spotted was less than one millimetre deep. She wished she got it checked sooner, but is glad it has now been removed.
"It's a shock for them, because they didn't think they would get it," Dr Hazim Dhahir from Campbelltown's Mawson Skin Cancer Clinic told 9News. Dr Dhahir said most skin cancers are caused by sun damage so prevention is important, along with early detection.The latest report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reveals 15,229 Australians are expected to be diagnosed with melanoma this year.If the disease is caught at the earliest opportunity, which is called a stage one diagnosis, the survival rate is close to 100 per cent."Hopefully we've saved Bronwyn's life," he said.
He's continuing his campaign to help others by walking 2000 kilometres between Adelaide and Sydney to raise money for clinical trials run by the Melanoma Institute of Australia."Trying to get a cure for this disease, but also get that message out there to go and get a skin check because it could save your life," he said.
Meanwhile in NZ melanoma clinic checkups are not covered by private health insurance (like nibNewZealand) and neither does the government provide free or subsidised checks. Publicity pop-up PM jacindaardern busy elsewhere.
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