Concept information
Preferred term
skin cancer
Definition
- 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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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/skin_cancer
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