ABC 7’s Sam Champion back on-air after skin cancer surgery

Each year, about 3.6 million people are diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, but it can often go unnoticed or may be mistaken for something else.Two months ago, “Good Morning America” anchor and ABC 7’s Eyewitness News meteorologist Sam Champion spotted a red, hard lump underneath his right eye and “knew” it was skin cancer — a self-diagnosis later confirmed by his dermatologist. It unfortunately has been an ongoing struggle for the 63-year-old local journalist; he’s had at least a half dozen surgeries to remove cancerous spots on his skin, with his latest surgery earlier this month on the sensitive skin below his right eye.Champion, who has documented his journey to his over 187,000 social media followers, made his return to the small screen on Wednesday after a successful Mohs surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on Oct. 2. The Mohs procedure involves a precise removal of cancer using a microscope in real-time to track the…