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2. Is that mole melanoma? How to tell if a mole is cancerous or not

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   Causes of melanoma. Ultraviolet light exposure from the sun or from tanning beds causes most melanomas. Melanoma may appear at a spot where you have an existing mole. But if an unusual spot shows ...

3. How to spot 18 common — and not so common — bumps, rashes and ...

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   Melanoma symptoms and signs. Melanoma tumors tend to be black or brown, but can sometimes be pink, tan or white. Anyone can get melanoma, but people with light skin are at greater risk. Causes of ...

4. Melanoma - Wikipedia

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   Diagnosis is by biopsy and analysis of any skin lesion that has signs of being potentially cancerous. [1] Avoiding UV light and using sunscreen in UV-bright sun conditions may prevent melanoma. [2] Treatment typically is removal by surgery of the melanoma and the potentially affected adjacent tissue bordering the melanoma. [1]

5. Benign melanocytic nevus - Wikipedia

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   However, a melanocytic nevus is benign, and melanoma is malignant. Most melanocytic nevi never evolve into a cancer, with the lifetime risk for an individual nevus being 1 in 3000 for men and 1 in 11 000 for women. [5] Moreover, dermatologists have a standardized system for determining whether a skin lesion is suspicious for malignant melanoma.

6. Signs and symptoms of cancer - Wikipedia

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   Signs and symptoms are not mutually exclusive, for example a subjective feeling of fever can be noted as sign by using a thermometer that registers a high reading. [7] Because many symptoms of cancer are gradual in onset and general in nature, cancer screening (also called cancer surveillance) is a key public health priority. This may include ...

7. How to check if you have skin cancer: Symptoms and signs to ...

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   More than 100,000 cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each year in the UK. Skip to main content. News. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...