SKIN SCAN

Skin scan is now running at our clinic
15 minute consultations are booked in with Alan Reid or Dr Kazi Deeba.
Dr Reid & Dr Deeba  has Certificate in Dermatoscopy and Skin cancer surgery.
Dr Reid has been diagnosing and treating all forms of skin cancer since 2007

APPOINTMENTS ONLY NEED TO BE 15 MINS.

The Skin Scan clinic uses the latest skin scanning computers delivered on site to complete the full body scanning.
Suspicious lesions are highlighted, photographed and also computer analysed. A provisional diagnosis list will be provided.
Minor treatments can be performed onsite by the GP's  and additional procedures requiring a clinic environment will be onward referred if need be. 

PLEASE READ BELOW AND FAMILIARISE YOURSELF WITH THE INFORMATION TO FORWARD ON TO PATIENTS IF NEED BE.

Skinscope involves a 15 minute full skin check, from head to toe- front and back. Any moles or lesions found may be scanned and photographed depending on type. The patient is instructed what to look out for on their body and to identify any changes should they occur.

To do the skin check the patient must undress to their underwear, however they are covered in a blanket for modesty.

Please remember to ask women not to wear makeup as this can mask a mole or lesion.

Generally any moles or lesions to be biopsied or removed are  booked in at a later date to allow for adequate time to perform the procedure ( in other words this is not normally performed on the day of the scan).

Costs:       $70-$100 (medicare rebate) adults

                 Builkbilling for all Children, pensioners and healthcare card holders

Procedures are bulkbilled at this stage with possible changes at a later date.

 

 

Skin cancer facts & figures

In Australia, every year:

• skin cancers account for 80% of all newly diagnosed cancers.
• one in two Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer in their lifetime.
• GPs in Australia have approximately 1 million patient consultations per year for skin cancer.
• more than 374,000 people are treated for non-melanoma skin cancers, of which more than 400 die.
• more than 9500 people are treated for melanoma, of which more than 1200 die.
• melanoma is the most common cancer in people aged 15-39 years.
• melanoma is the third most common cancer in both women and men.
• Australia has the highest incidence of skin cancer in the world, at nearly four times the rates in Canada, the US and the UK.
• the rate of melanoma incidence in women has risen by an average of 0.7% a year between 1993 and 2003 – a total increase of 6.8% over this decade. For men, the rate has risen by 1.7% a year, a total of 18.7% over the same period.
• the five-year relative survival rate for melanoma is 90% for Australian men and 95% for Australian women.
• Skin cancer is the most expensive cancer. In 2001, it was estimated the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer cost $264 million and melanoma $30 million.