Limiting your exposure to UV radiation can help reduce your risk of melanoma.
Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States.
Survival rates for melanoma have improved dramatically in recent decades.
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Signs
Melanomas can develop anywhere on your body.
These hidden melanomas are more common in people with darker skin.
The first melanomasigns and symptomsoften are:
Melanoma doesn’t always begin as a mole.
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It can also occur on otherwise normal-appearing skin.
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