Cork GAA team are to be screened for skin cancer to help raise awareness

The Cork GAA football team will be screened for skin cancer at a special melanoma clinic in Cork in an effort to raise awareness of the disease among men.

The Cork GAA football team will be screened for skin cancer at a special melanoma clinic in Cork in an effort to raise awareness of the disease among men.

Dr Michelle Muprhy, a dermatologist at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, runs the rapid-access melanoma clinic, which sees about 100 patients a months and identifies one melanoma in ever 22 GP referral.

About 80 per cent of patients with suspicious moles have them excised on the day.

Dr Murphy says the high rate is a testament to the skill of GPs who are referring patients they suspect of having melanomas.

The clinic is funded on a monthly basis by the National Treatment Purchase Fund.
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