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Anonymous Tip Saves Olympic Swimmer From Skin Cancer

Anonymous Tip Saves Olympic Swimmer From Skin Cancer
Olympic swimmer Mackenzie "Mack" Horton posted a thank you this week to an anonymous guardian angel who told him to get a mole on his chest checked out.

Shout out to the person that emailed the swim team doctor and told me to get my mole checked out. Good call. Very good call. ????????????????

A photo posted by uoʇɹoɥ ʞɔɐɯ (@mackhorton) on Oct 20, 2016 at 5:09pm PDT

 

Skin cancer is one of the most common and treatable forms of cancer in the world – but if gone unchecked, it can still be life-threatening.

During the 2016 Rio de Janeiro games, someone emailed the swim team doctor and said that the 20-year-old Australian athlete should get a mole on his chest looked at.

The anonymous spectator turned out to be correct in identifying the spot as cancerous.

"Shout out to the person that emailed the swim team doctor and told me to get my mole checked out. Good call. Very good call," he wrote, while giving the camera a thumbs up.

Horton has since undergone surgery to have the melanoma removed and is doing swimmingly.

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