This type of surgery is appropriate for sclerosing the basal cell cancers. These types of skin cancers can be difficult to detect. It was more probably that the cancer finally grew to the extent that it would be recognizable, rather than a lack of familiarity with this type of cancer on the part of the dermatologist. It usually looks like a changing mole or a mole different from the others on a person's body. Anyone who has something that looks like a changing mole, if they are an adult, should see their doctor to have it evaluated.
Children develop normal moles throughout their childhood and into young adulthood.
So as long as their moles appear to be completely normal in their growth pattern, they can be watched. It is better to have any questions about a mole answered by a physician's evaluation rather than have to worry or perhaps miss a melanoma. Nevertheless, the site of the previous cancer should be watched for any new bumps or sores, which might indicate the cancer has returned. For melanoma, the chance of recurrence is highly dependent on the depth and stage of the melanoma. The deeper the melanomas or melanomas that have previously gone to lymph glands have a recurrence rate that can be quite high.