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The Week's Feature Article
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Two-Thrids of Skin Cancer Preventable
Up to two-thirds of all skin cancers may be prevented through dietary and lifestyle changes, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center reported.
Both environment and genetic disposition play a role in skin cancer. While anyone can develop skin cancer, the risk is greatest for people with light-colored skin that freckle easily, researchers said.
About 10 percent of all patients with melanoma have family members who also have had the disease, but everyone should be on the lookout for new spots, a mole that changes size shape or color, a sore that doesn't heal or a spot that is itchy, tender or painful.
Researchers at M.D. Anderson recently found resveratrol -- found in cranberries, grapes and peanuts -- is linked to anti-cancer activity including skin cancer....
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