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Introduction.

The sun plays an active role in everyday activities such as hiking, playing sports, going to the beach, or simply taking your dog out for a walk. However, excessive exposure to sunlight and its ultraviolet (UV) rays can lead to dangerous effects such as melanoma skin cancer. Skin cancer is the most common disease in America and approximately one person dies of melanoma every hour. Although you may be in luck if you catch your melanoma early, the 75% who aren't have a faulty method of treatment.

 

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Learn more about melanoma skin cancer. Learn about the efforts of Base Excision Repair. See current melanoma anti-cancer treatments. Look into the future of anti-cancer drugs.