By Heather Brannon, MD, About.com
Updated: March 7, 2008
About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD
Melanoma is the most deadly skin cancer. It is also the eighth most common cancer in the United States.
Melanoma is a cancer of melanocytes, the pigment-producing cells in the skin. Other types of skin cancer typically grow locally, but melanoma is the type that can spread to other areas of the body (metastasize).
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