Learning that you have melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, can be frightening. Even though melanoma is highly treatable when diagnosed early, your life after melanoma diagnosis might be very different depending on how serious your melanoma is. Luckily, there are several ways to deal with a melanoma diagnosis and handle the changes
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Melanoma Diagnosis: How to Overcome Melanoma
While considered the most dangerous among the common types of skin cancer, melanoma is highly curable especially when caught early. Central to overcoming the deadly condition are vigilance (monitoring your skin for suspicious changes) and working with a highly skilled dermatologist – like our very own Dr. Theodore John (T.J.) Giuffrida here at Dermatology &
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Skin cancer is the most common yet most preventable type of cancer in the United States. Melanoma is one of the deadliest skin cancers developed in melanocytes — cells that produce the coloring pigment melanin. During melanoma development, DNA mutations occur that lead to an uncontrollable growth of melanocytes. Early diagnosis and treatment of melanomas prevent
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