More than 11 moles on an arm may be 'sign of skin cancer risk'

More than 11 moles on an arm may be 'sign of skin cancer risk'"More than 11 moles on right arm 'could indicate greater skin cancer risk','' The Guardian reports.

A new study found that people with 11 or more moles on their arm were likely to have over 100 moles on their body – a known risk factor for the melanoma type of skin cancer.

Counting the entire number of moles can be time-consuming for clinicians and difficult for an individual to do by themselves. Researchers wanted to see if there was a handy proxy that would predict with a reasonable degree of accuracy a person’s total mole count. NHS Choices