Doctors warn Aussies it’s not just odd moles you need to check to avoid deadly melanoma

Source: 9 News, January 2023

Australians are routinely told to cover up and get moles checked to avoid skin cancer, but there’s another form of potentially deadly melanoma doctors are warning about.

Skin cancer in the eye, or ocular melanoma, is a “nasty" diagnosis and Aussies are being warned to take extra precautions as UV index levels hit extreme over summer.

Queensland mother-of-two Susan Vine was 37 when she went to a doctor about blurry vision and headaches.

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