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Skin Cancer

Skin cancer is a disease caused by the development of cancerous cells in any of the layers of the skin.

There are two types: non-melanoma and melanoma.

The non-melanoma cancer is the most common and is called nonmelanoma because they formed from other skin cells are not accumulating pigment (melanocytes). Within this type are all skin cancers less malignant melanoma is less common and more malignant and explained below. Read the rest of this entry »