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People who are sun worshipers and especially those with fair skin and blonde or red hair are at higher risk for developing the most serious type of skin cancer, known as melanoma. Melanomas develop because of damage to the DNA of cells called mela...
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Shocking Away Melanoma
Jennifer Matthews: Joe Picone is a chef. But lately, many of his meals are consumed in this hospital cafeteria. Joe is also a cancer patient. He went to the doctor for what he thought was a wart on the bottom of his foot. Turns out it was stage fo...
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Targeting Melanoma
Jennifer Matthews: Three years ago, Brett Smith found a lump under his arm. Doctors were concerned and removed the mass. Brett Smith: When I woke up from surgery, my wife and mother were standing there with a look of fear in their face, and an onc...
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Mother to Child Melanoma Transfer
Nine-month-old Madison Cox made headlines after she became what doctors called a medical mystery. Hear how melanoma was passed to her in the womb and learn about the breakthrough drug being used to treat the terminal form of skin cancer.
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Treating Melanoma with DNA
68,000 people in the U.S. will be told they have melanoma this year. Doctors are now using DNA to stop the spread of this deadly disease.
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Skin Cancer "Reflection" Detection
Jennifer Matthews: Jim Hattaway is a 9-year survivor of melanoma. He's lucky doctors were able to treat him despite a delayed diagnosis. Jim Hattaway: They never found a primary, which is what you call the skin cancer as it first forms on the surf...
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