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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wrong. Melanoma is the number one cancer killer between ages 17-44.

And, you can call a mole dysplastic just by how it looks to our eyes but it's what shows up under the microscope that tells you to what degree the dysplastic cells have already started to actually change toward cancer. Severly dysplastic moles are sometimes just referred to as early melanoma. [/quote]

I think your statements are perhaps unintentionally misleading.  The large majority of dysplastic moles will never become cancerous.  Dysplastic moles with the absence of cancer cells are 100% benign.  A dysplastic mole is NOT necessarily pre cancerous.  However, dysplastic moles are more likely to become cancerous than ones that are not.  I have read zero literature that calls severely dysplastic moles cancer.  I do know derms will remove them because it is very difficult to tell if/when they do turn to melanoma.  I have had several biopsies, one was moderately dysplastic, and it was fully removed with small margins as a precautionary measure but at no point was it called pre cancerous.

It is important for people to get checked yearly.[/quote]

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