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Skin Cancer (cont.)

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skin cancer, actinic keratosis, basal cell carcinoma, BCC, dysplastic nevi, malignant melanoma, mole, nevus, sentinel node, squamous cell carcinoma, SCC, sunlight, ultraviolet light, UV light

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Despite recent declines in the incidence and mortality of cancer overall, the incidence of cutaneous melanoma continues to escalate.

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