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skin cancer  

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  • MELANOMA IS A fatal type of skin cancer responsible for almost 50,000 deaths worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. A minimum of 130,000 cases of melanoma arise each year, and many more may go undetected. [Source: Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society; Skin Cancer (Melanoma)]

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