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skin cancer

DEFINITIONS OF: skin cancer

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n a malignant neoplasm of the skin

Types:
cancroid, squamous cell carcinoma
the most common form of skin cancer
epithelioma
a malignant tumor of the epithelial tissue
malignant melanoma, melanoma
any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes
Type of:
carcinoma
any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
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