Melanoma

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What Is Cancer ?

People who know about

constellations may know
cancer as the crab being
crushed by Hercules, but Im
talking about the grim disease
that has taken many lives. The
disease that I speak of isnt
really a disease at all, it is an
abnormal growth of unwanted
or mutated cells in the body.

Mitosis and Cancer

Mitosis is the form of asexual
reproduction that cells use
to multiply. Cells with the
cancer mutation exploit
mitosis to spread and grow
rapidly. His causes tumors to
form on and in the body.

Symptoms of Melanoma!
Possible effects on the
Body

Large moles and Dark

Spots on the body

Weight Loss

Lower resistance to
Infection

Possible Causes of Melanoma!

The

Main cause of skin

cancer is exposure to UV
rays from the sun.
Skin

cancer could also

be Hereditary.

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Treatment for Melanoma!

Melanoma can be treated

with surgery.

It can also be treated with

Radiation Therapy.

Immunotherapy also
works, immunotherapy
stimulates the patients
own immune system to
destroy Cancer cells easier.

Other Important Information

In the first stage of Melanoma, Replace this with a picture

the survival rate is around 96%.

In the ninth stage of Melanoma,

the survival rate is around 15%.

So if these statistics are true,

then you better catch skin
cancer early on.