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-BLADDER CANCER BLADDER CANCER BEGINS WHEN CELLS IN THE URINARY BLADDER START TO GROW UNCONTROLLABLY . AS MORE CANCER CELLS DEVELOP , THEY CAN FORM A TUMOR AND SPREAD TO OTHER AREAS OF THE BODY .
-BRAIN CANCER CANCERS THAT BEGIN IN TISSUE IN THE BRAIN OR SPINAL CORD ARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CANCERS . TUMORS THAT START IN THE BRAIN ARE CALLED PRIMARY BRAIN TUMORS . ( SOMETIMES TUMORS THAT STARTED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY WILL SPREAD , OR METASTASIZE , TO THE BRAIN .)
BRAIN TUMORS CAN BE BENIGN OR MALIGNANT . BENIGN BRAIN TUMORS GROW AND PRESS ON NEARBY AREAS OF THE BRAIN , BUT RARELY SPREAD TO OTHER TISSUE . HOWEVER , THEY CAN RECUR , SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONCE . MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMORS TYPICALLY GROW QUICKLY AND OFTEN SPREAD INTO OTHER BRAIN TISSUE ..
-MELANOMA MELANOMA IS A TYPE OF CANCER THAT BEGINS IN THE MELANOCYTES , OR CELLS THAT MAKE THE PIGMENT MELANIN . IT CAN DEVELOP FROM A MOLE AND BECOME SKIN CANCER . OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY , SUCH AS THE EYE OR THE GI TRACT ALSO CONTAIN MELANOCYTES , AND MELANOMA RARELY STARTS IN THESE AREAS .
WHILE MELANOMA IS LESS COMMON THAN OTHER SKIN CANCERS , WITH ABOUT 76,000 NEW CASES DIAGNOSED EACH YEAR MELANOMA IS THE MOST SERIOUS TYPE OF SKIN CANCER AND CAN OCCUR ON ANY SKIN SURFACE . THE CHANCE OF DEVELOPING IT INCREASES WITH AGE , BUT THIS DISEASE AFFECTS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES .
-SKIN CANCER SKIN CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF CANCER IN THE U . S ., ACCOUNTING FOR ROUGHLY HALF OF ALL CANCER CASES . IT OFTEN BEGINS AS AN UNUSUAL , UNCONTROLLED GROWTH ON THE SKIN .
SKIN CANCERS ARE NAMED FOR THE TYPE OF CELL THAT IS AFFECTED . MAJOR TYPES INCLUDE :
BASAL CELL CARCINOMA MELANOMA SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA SKIN CANCER CAN OCCUR ANYWHERE ON THE BODY BUT IS MOST OFTEN FOUND ON AREAS EXPOSED TO SUNLIGHT , SUCH AS THE FACE , NECK , HANDS AND ARMS .
SKIN CANCER IS ALMOST ALWAYS CURABLE WHEN IT IS FOUND EARLY BUT IT CAN SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY . CANCER CELLS CAN INVADE NEARBY HEALTHY TISSUE OR BREAK AWAY FROM THE TUMOR , ENTER THE BLOOD OR LYMPH VESSELS AND SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY . WHEN THIS HAPPENS , IT IS CALLED METASTATIC DISEASE . MELANOMA IS MUCH MORE LIKELY THAN OTHER SKIN CANCERS TO SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY .
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