Cancer-hit MP Fabricant has further biopsies
Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant has had more suspicious moles removed since having surgery earlier this year to treat skin cancer.
The Conservative MP said he goes for check-ups at Queen's Hospital in Burton every few months and he recently had moles removed which looked suspicious and could potentially turn cancerous.
He said: "I had a lump under my eyebrow. That was always down to come off."
He publicly disclosed his fight with skin cancer five months ago and said since then it had helped a voter in his constituency.
Mr Fabricant said: "A lady told me that her husband had a mark on his forehead and that she had read an article about my problems.
"She made him go to the doctor, who referred him, and he did have a malignant melanoma.
"It's important to get checked early. It justifies my decision to go public with it."
Mr Fabricant was initially found to be suffering from a malignant melanoma after spotting two moles on his stomach which were getting bigger.
This type of skin-cancer is potentially life-threatening as it can spread to other parts of the body and be difficult to treat.
But Mr Fabricant had surgery a week before the general election which has left him with a six-inch scar.
He has since had five more biopsies on his eye, leg, shoulder and abdomen.
