McCain has mole removed from face

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Republican White House hopeful John McCain, who has been treated for skin cancer in the past, said Monday he had a small mole removed from his face during a routine dermatological check-up.

"As I do every three months, I visited my dermatologist this morning," the Arizona senator told reporters.

"She said that I was doing fine, 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, 71, had four bouts of melanoma between 1993 and 2000. He appeared in public wearing a small bandage on his right temple.

The Mayo Clinic in Arizona, where McCain was treated, said it was "a routine, minor procedure" and the biopsy was precautionary.

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