McCain's dermatologist removes spot on cheek for biopsy. 

 BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JULY 28, 2007) NBC -
 Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has suffered
from skin cancer in the past, said on Monday (July 28)  his doctor removed a
spot from his face during a routine checkup in Phoenix earlier in the day.

    McCain said the spot on the right side of his face, which an aide
described as being like a mole, would be biopsied to ensure it was not
cancerous. 
    The Arizona senator discussed the spot while speaking to journalists at
an oil field in Bakersfield, California, where he was pushing his energy
agenda. 
   "I, as I do every three months, visited my dermatologist this
morning. She said that I was doing fine. (She) took a small little nick from
my cheek as she does regularly and that will be ... biopsied just to make sure
that everything is fine," he said. 
    McCain has had four malignant melanomas -- a potentially lethal type of
skin cancer -- surgically removed since 1993. Three of them were limited to
the top layers of the skin and were not invasive. 
    The fourth melanoma, removed from his left temple in 2000, was
invasive. During that surgery, doctors also took out lymph nodes to see if the
cancer had spread. The lymph nodes showed no evidence of cancer. 
    Doctors have removed other less serious skin cancers, including basal
cell and squamous cell cancers, from McCain's skin without complication.