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Macro image of superficial spreading melanoma 8
Keywords: SSM, Dermoscopy, In situ, Melanoma, Melanoma in situ, Skin cancer, Superficial spreading, Tumour
Superficial spreading melanoma is the most common type of melanoma, a potentially serious skin cancer that arises from melanocytes (pigment cells) along the basal layer of the epidermis.
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