Does Skin Cancer Spread?

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Will My Skin Cancer Spread?

One of the questions you may have if you have been newly diagnosed with any type of skin cancer, is will the cancer spread? Metastasis  is the term used to describe the process by which cancer can spread from the site of the original cancer tumor to other places in the body. Cancer cells which break away from a primary tumor can enter the bloodstream or your lymphatic system (a part of your immune system) to travel to distant places in your body. The danger is that these traveling cancer cells...

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