"A family history of skin cancer can be very important" in identifying your own risk of developing the potentially life-threatening disease, according to Doctor Terry Harvey.
In this short video, Dr Harvey explains how a family history of skin cancer affects your chances of developing the disease and, conversely, how your own diagnosis might influence your family's risk too!
But did you know that some melanoma diagnoses in the family are more significant than others? Dr Harvey explains how your family member's age at diagnosis plays a part in the genetic risk they pass to you.
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"With a family history [of skin cancer], it's worthwhile to come in and have that conversation, because that's one of the things we look out for," says Dr Harvey.