With summer coming, how concerned should you be about melanoma?

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With summer coming, how concerned should you be about melanoma?
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With the calendar hitting May and summer quickly approaching, that means sales of sunscreen will be ratcheting up with beach weather hitting its peak season.

Such sunscreen will be necessary as one preventive measure of melanoma, a type of skin cancer that is estimated to be diagnosed in close to 100,000 adults in the United States this year,Since Melanoma Monday is today, here are some facts, figures and preventive measures tied to melanoma,When there’s an issue with melanin-producing cells that give color to your skin, melanoma occurs.

Normal moles are generally a uniform color such as tan, brown or black, and often smaller than 1/4 of an inch in diameter.

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