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Information About Skin Cancer Types

There are a number of different types of skin cancers depending on the type of skin cell from which they arise. Each kind of skin cancer has its own distinctive appearance. Certain skin cancers also tend to develop in specific areas of the body.

Basal Cell Carcinoma

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Non-Melanoma

Melanoma

Diagnosis and Staging of Melanoma

Kaposi's Sarcoma / Paget's Disease of the Skin

Merkel Cell Cancer

Actinic Keratosis (A Precancerous Skin Condition)

Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

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