The 32-year-old, who boasts 19 million Twitch followers, shared his diagnosis in a post on X.
American gamer and Twitch superstar Tyler "Ninja" Blevins has revealed he was diagnosed with melanoma, a form of skinWhy timekeepers may need to wipe a second from world clocks
Top Twitch streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins was diagnosed with melanoma after doctors found a cancerous mole on the bottom of his foot during a routine skin check. His dermatologist determined Blevins had melanoma after removing a mole on the bottom of his foot during a routine skin check.He added that doctors also biopsied a second dark spot near the initial mole and removed a large area around the melanoma to determine whether they had successfully gotten all the cancerous tissue."I'm grateful to have hope in finding this early, but please take this as a PSA to get skin checkups," Blevins said in the post.
"I wanted to use my platform to shine light on the importance of routine skin checkups," Blevins and his wife, Jessica Blevins, said in a statement to CNN.Blevins' post follows a recent spate of prominent cancer diagnoses in people younger than 50, a concerning trend that is emerging globally.that changes in the types of risk factors people are exposed to increases the risk for cancer at a younger age.
Smoking, alcohol consumption, air pollution, obesity, a lack of physical activity and a diet with few fruits and vegetables are key risk factors for cancer,
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