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The Connection between Breast Cancer and Melanoma
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Michael W Steppie, MD posted:
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month ends, The Skin Cancer Foundation aims to alert breast cancer patients and survivors that they have an increased risk of developing melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Research has shown that genetics may play a role — for women carrying a specific breast cancer susceptibility gene, the presence of abnormalities in the gene doubles the risk of melanoma. Learn more about the connection between breast cancer and melanoma.
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