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Video
Pointers with Dr Portela: Hockey Fan Spots Melanoma
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In this week’s Pointers with Dr Portela, the 208SkinDoc discusses the story of how a hockey fan spotted a cancerous mole on the on the Canucks, a National Hockey League (NHL) Team, equipment manager.
Dustin Portela, DO, a board-certified dermatologist and dermatologic surgeon at Treasure Valley Dermatology in Boise, Idaho, talked about Nadia Popovici, a hockey fan, told Brain Hamilton, the Canucks equipment manager, about the specious mole on his neck. The mole ended up being type-2 malignant melanoma.
Watch the video to hear the details of this story and how better awareness of skin cancer warning signs can lead to life saving treatment.
Opinions expressed are that of Portela and do not express the views or opinions of Dermatology Times®.
