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MYTH: You can only get melanoma in sun-exposed areas of your body

Written by National Skin Cancer Centres | Jun 29, 2018 4:00:00 AM

"Every time you think you know all the rules, melanoma breaks the rules!"

Sometimes, melanoma makes no sense. There is a common belief that melanoma and other skin cancers only develop in sun-exposed areas of the body. This is a myth, as Skin Cancer Doctor Hamilton Ayres explains below.

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