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What do body pigments have to do with cancer?
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Melanoma: Melanoma is a skin cancer which starts from the pigment producing cells of skin(melanocytes). If a mole changes get seen by a dermatologist for biopsy. (asymetry, black color, color variation, or darkening of an existing moles are associated with evolution of a benugn mole to a melanoma).
Answered 7/18/2012
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