2007-03-29 05:49:44 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Having cancerous moles myself I have found that general practitioners are not very good at spotting cancerous moles. I have been to many doctors and they all would rather send me to a dermatologist for evaluation then do it themselves. Spotting cancerous moles takes a practiced eye and general practitioners don't seem to get much practice at it. A biopsy is the only way to be sure you have cancer and any doctor can do that but figuring out what to biopsy is better done by a dermatologist. I had melanoma for at least two years and my general practitioner never spotted it during routine physicals. I had to point it out to him before he took notice and agreed with me that it did looked suspicious. He sent me to a dermatologist where a biopsy was perform . I found it myself by checking cancer pictures on the web against my own moles. My advice is if you have moles learn for yourself the difference between normal and abnormal moles. It may save your life some day. At the hospital where I worked a surgery nurse got a mole on the back of her neck. It was unusual. One of her co-worker suggested she have it checked out. She agreed but said she was so busy with work and the kids she didn't have the time. Two months later she saw a doctor. It was too late it had spread to the rest of her body and she died.
2007-03-29 12:52:48 · answer #1 · answered by Zack 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-16 06:12:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He can examine them and determine whether they are suspicious or not. Only a pathology exam can determine for certain whether they are cancerous. Your general practitioner can either remove the mole for testing, or refer you to a dermatologist or plastic surgeon who will remove it for you and send it to a lab for testing.
2007-03-29 05:53:38 · answer #3 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes all doctors are trained to spot cancer
2007-03-29 06:02:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
doctors don't usually determine this without the help of laboratory tests.certified pathologists determine whether there is presence of cancer cells or not.
2007-03-30 05:27:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe they can but i would go to a more specified doctor like a cancer specialist for a second opinion
2007-03-31 06:39:30 · answer #6 · answered by Baby 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe your doctor will know that it looks weird ' but he;ll have to send you to an oncologist 'which is a cancer doctor,,,good luck
2007-03-29 05:54:18 · answer #7 · answered by Cami lives 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, but they'll probably refer you to a specialist for a second opinion.
2007-03-29 05:53:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they can give an educated guess the doctor will mostly refer you to a dermatologist and if he/she is suspicous they will order a biopsy
2007-03-29 07:40:51 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they cant they must be removed if they are looking bad and sent off to be tested to be sure
2007-03-29 05:53:47 · answer #10 · answered by duggies341 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋