Skin Cancer Screening Test
What is skin cancer screening?
There are two main categories of skin cancer:
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Non-melanoma skin cancer, including basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.
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Melanoma skin cancer.
Skin cancer screening involves having a mole or skin lesion assessed by one of our GPs. High-definition images are taken and reviewed by a Dermatology Consultant, with results usually available within five working days.
Who gets skin cancer?
Skin cancer can happen at any age, but it's more common in older people.
Exposure to the sun or sunbeds is the main environmental factor that increases the risk of getting skin cancer.
Other risk factors include:
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skin type
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hair and eye colour
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number of moles
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family history of melanoma
What is a mole check?
This service is for adults who are concerned about a single mole and want it checked by Dr.Harumi Yamamoto with a second assessment from a Dermatology Consultant.
This skin cancer screening service takes up to 15 minutes for one to two moles.
Dr.Yamamoto will use a dermoscopic lens to take a high-quality, detailed image beneath the surface of the mole. This will show features invisible to the naked eye and enable diagnosis of the very earliest skin cancers. We screen for Melanoma, Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
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£89 for one mole
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Additional mole in same session £30 per mole
What about the results?
Our Mole Check includes a Mole Check Report. To ensure the highest level of diagnosis all our dermoscopic images are sent for rapid remote review by a specialist doctor.
We will issue a Mole Check Report, with advice by the Dermatologist, within 5 working days.
If the mole is suspect for skin cancer we can arrange a rapid referral to one of the skin cancer clinics on the Island.
Our Mole Check Reports are routinely accepted by major private medical insurers as meeting referral requirements.