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Skin cancer more deadly when caught during pregnancy
Description: Melanoma may be even more dangerous when it's diagnosed in women during pregnancy or within a year of giving birth, a U.S. study suggests. Among women under 50 with malignant melanoma, those diagnosed during or soon after pregnancy were significantly more likely to have tumors spread to other organs and tissues, and were also much more likely to have the cancer recur after treatment, the study found. [Source: Reuters]
URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-melanoma-pregnancy-idUSKCN0UY26I
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Source: Reuters
Publish Date: 1/20/2016
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