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Malignant Melanoma is a cancer that begins in the melanocytes, pigment-producing cells located in the basal layer of the epidermis.<ref name="SCF">Melanoma. Skin Cancer Foundation. Available at http://www.skincancer.org/skin-cancer-information/melanoma. Accessed March 17, 2014.</ref>Other names for this cancer include malignant melanoma and cutaneous melanoma. (american cancer society website). these cancerous growths develop when unrepaired DNA damage to skin cells (most often caused by ultraviolet radiation from sunshine or tanning beds) triggers mutations (genetic defects) that lead the skin cells to multiply rapidly and form malignant tumors. These tumors originate in the . (skincancer.org website).this is also from skin cancer.org.<br> | Malignant Melanoma is a cancer that begins in the melanocytes, pigment-producing cells located in the basal layer of the epidermis.<ref name="SCF">Melanoma. Skin Cancer Foundation. Available at http://www.skincancer.org/skin-cancer-information/melanoma. Accessed March 17, 2014.</ref>Other names for this cancer include malignant melanoma and cutaneous melanoma. (american cancer society website). these cancerous growths develop when unrepaired DNA damage to skin cells (most often caused by ultraviolet radiation from sunshine or tanning beds) triggers mutations (genetic defects) that lead the skin cells to multiply rapidly and form malignant tumors. These tumors originate in the . (skincancer.org website).this is also from skin cancer.org.<ref name="SCF" /><br> | ||
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Malignant Melanoma is a cancer that begins in the melanocytes, pigment-producing cells located in the basal layer of the epidermis.[1]Other names for this cancer include malignant melanoma and cutaneous melanoma. (american cancer society website). these cancerous growths develop when unrepaired DNA damage to skin cells (most often caused by ultraviolet radiation from sunshine or tanning beds) triggers mutations (genetic defects) that lead the skin cells to multiply rapidly and form malignant tumors. These tumors originate in the . (skincancer.org website).this is also from skin cancer.org.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Melanoma. Skin Cancer Foundation. Available at http://www.skincancer.org/skin-cancer-information/melanoma. Accessed March 17, 2014.