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Skin cancer
A practice question in the style of the AMC Part 1 MCQ exam. Choose your answer to see the explanation.
A 63-year-old woman has a firm, raised, pink, symmetrical 5 mm nodule on her back that has grown steadily over 2 months. What is the main concern?
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The answer is D: Nodular melanoma.
Nodular melanomas can be pink and symmetrical, so they fail ABCD but fit EFG: elevated, firm and growing.
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