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Carcinogen -an agent known tocause cancer.
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MM is the most serious form of skin cancer.
Even so, if diagnosed and
removed while itis still thin and limited to theoutermost skin layer, it is almost 100% curable.
Insitu melanomas
occupy only the upper-most part of the epidermis, the top layer of skin.
Invasive melanomas
are the most serious kind...
Invasive melanomashave penetrated deeply into the skin spread to other parts of the body.
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Treatments
SurgeryQuickTime™ and a
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removed, alongwith a margin ofcancer-free skin.
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Chemotherapy
Reaches cells all over the body and destroys cancer cells that mayhave traveled from the primary tumor.
RadiationTherapy
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Immunotherapy
Strengthens the body's own immune system to attack the cancer cells.