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skin cancer summary

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melanoma
melanoma Summary
Melanoma, a spreading and frequently recurring cancer of melanocytes, specialized skin cells that produce the protective skin-darkening pigment melanin. Since 2020, more than 325,000 new melanoma cases have been diagnosed worldwide each year. In the United States melanoma represents nearly 5