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2. Melanoma - Wikipedia

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   Deaths. 59,800 (2015) [ 6 ] Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer; it develops from the melanin -producing cells known as melanocytes. [ 1 ] It typically occurs in the skin, but may rarely occur in the mouth, intestines, or eye (uveal melanoma). [ 1 ][ 2 ] In women, melanomas most commonly occur on the legs; while in men, on the ...

3. Acral lentiginous melanoma - Wikipedia

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   Acral lentiginous melanoma. Acral lentiginous melanoma is a type of skin cancer. [6] It typically begins as a uniform brownish mark before becoming darker and wider with a blurred irregular edge, most frequently seen in the foot of a person with darker skin. [6] It may become bumpy and ulcerate. [6]

4. Superficial spreading melanoma - Wikipedia

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   Superficial spreading melanoma (SSM) is a type of skin cancer that typically starts as an irregularly edged dark spot typically on sun-exposed part of the body. [2][3] The colour may be variable with dark, light and reddish shades; occasionally no color at all. [2] It typically grows in diameter before spreading to deeper tissue, forming a bump ...

5. What is malignant melanoma? - AOL

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   Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that can spread to other areas of the body. Any diagnosis of melanoma is cancer, even if the term “malignant” is not used before it.

6. 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 ...

7. Why melanoma is so deadly for men, and why it doesn’t ... - AOL

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   In 2023, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation, 97,610 cases of invasive melanoma will be diagnosed in the United States; of those, 58,120 will be in men, and 39,490 in women. Of the 7,990 ...

8. File:Diagram showing the most common places for melanoma to ...

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   Diagram showing the most common places for melanoma to spread to. Date: 30 July 2014 (released by CRUK) Source: Original email from CRUK: Author: Cancer Research UK: Permission (Reusing this file) This image has been released as part of an open knowledge project by Cancer Research UK. If re-used, attribute to Cancer Research UK / Wikimedia Commons

9. Melanoma ‘no longer the leading cause of skin cancer deaths’

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   Melanoma, meanwhile, is a type of skin cancer that can spread to other areas of the body. ... “In 2020, NMSC accounted for 78 per cent of all skin cancer cases, resulting in over 63,700 deaths ...