Anderson Cooper Reported to Have Skin Cancer

According to the Associated Press, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper was treated for a small skin cancer under his left eye. Cooper mentioned it in his blog last Wednesday saying:

I had minor surgery on Monday. A small spot of skin cancer was removed from under my left eye. I hadn’t planned on mentioning this, but I still have stitches and you’ll no doubt notice them tonight. Don’t want you to think I got into a fist fight with Charlie Rose.

If you saw him in clinic, would you have caught it?

March 23, 2008 | Filed Under Dermatology News, Skin Cancer, Uncategorized 

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2 Responses to “Anderson Cooper Reported to Have Skin Cancer”

  1. Dr. Val on March 23rd, 2008 3:46 pm

    Um… I can’t see anything. Was it a tiny basal cell?

  2. Trusted.MD Network on March 28th, 2008 12:02 pm

    To Tan or not to Tan……

    Calling all dermatologists!  What’s the deal with tanning?  Should I put SPF 2000 on my kids whenever they go out, or should I let them look like George Hamilton?  He does look marvelous, doesn’t he?
    Seriously, I am very much caught between the …

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