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Skin Cancer Management

Everything on AskMyGP for assessing and managing suspicious skin lesions in Australian general practice — scoring, excision, billing, photo surveillance, and patient handouts, all in one place.

⚠ Clinical decision support only. These tools calculate published scores and reference data — they do not diagnose. Excision, biopsy, and referral decisions remain with the treating clinician. Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world; when in doubt, excise or refer.
Typical GP workflow: Patient presents with a lesion → assess urgency → score with a validated algorithm or the Glasgow 7-point checklist → decide excise, refer, or monitor → if excising, check the margin and MBS item → document with the skin check form → monitor evolution with the photo tracker.
Assessment & decision tools
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Suspicious Lesion Workflow
Start here — urgency triage, which algorithm to use, excise vs refer vs monitor.
Interactive
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Skin Lesion Scoring Algorithms
Six validated tools in one place — ABCDE, 7-Point, 3-Point, Chaos & Clues, Menzies, CASH.
Interactive
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Melanoma Scoring & Staging
Glasgow 7-point checklist, Breslow thickness, full AJCC 8th edition stage grouping.
Interactive
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Excision Margin Calculator
BCC, SCC, melanoma, and benign lesions — required margin and specimen size.
Interactive
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Local Anaesthetic Dosing
Max dose by weight — lignocaine, bupivacaine, prilocaine, with/without adrenaline.
Interactive
Billing & MBS
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Skin Excision MBS Items
Location + size + pathology → correct item number. Flaps, grafts, co-claiming rules.
Interactive
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MBS Item Lookup
Search 180+ GP item numbers, including biopsy and destruction items.
Interactive
Practice & documentation tools
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Printable Skin Check Form
Body map + lesion documentation table. Prints on a single A4 page.
Printable
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Mole Photo Tracker
Ghost-overlay photo comparison — makes the "E" in ABCDE visible over time. 100% private.
Interactive
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Procedure Consent Form
Generate a consent form with pre-filled risks for skin excisions.
Interactive
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QR Poster Generator
Print a free waiting-room poster pointing patients to a skin-check guide or tool.
Interactive
Patient resources to share
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What Happens at a Skin Check?
Plain-language guide — what to expect, how to prepare, cost, when to book.
Patient
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Worried About a Mole?
Structured mole description patients can bring to their appointment.
Patient
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Efudix & Aldara Cream Guide
Topical BCC/AK cream treatment — what to expect, when the reaction is normal, when to call.
Patient
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Photo Health Tracker (Aftercare)
Patient-facing photo tracking for biopsy, cryotherapy, laser, and peel aftercare.
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📋 Key references: Cancer Council Australia — Clinical Practice Guidelines for Melanoma (2019) and Keratinocyte Cancer (2020). AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, 8th Edition (Gershenwald et al. CA Cancer J Clin. 2017). MacKie RM — Glasgow 7-point checklist (Clin Exp Dermatol 1991). Friedman RJ et al — ABCDE criteria (CA Cancer J Clin 1985). MBS Online — excision, biopsy, and consultation item numbers. All tools on this page are decision-support references built from published algorithms and Australian schedules — not a diagnostic test. Clinical judgement applies; when in doubt, excise or refer.