How Did This Skin Cancer Form?

By Kevin Berman, MD, PhD, Health Guide Friday, May 18, 2007

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"How did this skin cancer form?" is a common question asked. "Did the bad sunburn 20 years ago cause the skin cancer or was it going to the beach last summer or neither of these?" Today I want to talk a little bit about how cancer develops so you can understand what is going on "insid...

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