LOS ANGELES — Australian actor Hugh Jackman revealed Thursday that he had been treated for skin cancer, posting a picture of himself with a plaster on his nose. The Oscar-nominated Hollywood star warned Twitter followers to have suspicious marks checked and to use sunscreen. "Deb said to get the mark on my nose checked," he wrote on his Twitter account, referring to his wife Deborra-Lee Furness. "Boy, was she right! I had a basil (sic) cell carcinoma. Please don't be foolish like me. Get yourself checked. And USE sunscreen!!!" he wrote, with a link to an Instagram picture of himself. He did not explicitly say that he had had it removed, or when it was diagnosed. A spokesman, Alan Nierob, gave no other details, apart from the Twitter post. "This type of skin cancer grows slowly. It rarely spreads to other parts of the body," said the AAD on its website, adding that treatment is "important because BCC can grow wide and deep, destroying skin tissue and bone." Jackman, known for his roles in the "X-Men" blockbusters and this year's "The Wolverine," was nominated for an Academy Award for last year's musical adaptation of "Les Miserables." — Reuters
