'I thought I had a spot, but it was the start of stage four cancer'

'I thought I had a spot, but it was the start of stage four cancer' View 4 Images

A mum who saw a red patch on her chest dismissed it as 'just a spot' until she was diagnosed with stage four cancer. Rebecca Turner, 46, says she initially thought the 1cm large lump was 'just a spot', but became increasingly concerned when it started going black, changing colour, and became itchy.

Rebecca says she was 'devastated' when she received the stage two skin cancer diagnosis in June 2022 and 'thought she was going to die'. Rebecca was diagnosed with a nodular melanoma - an aggressive form of skin cancer.

After three surgeries to remove surrounding skin and lymph nodes, she was placed on 'watch and wait' - which meant that she had cancer, but that she didn't need urgent treatment. Every three mo