Skin Cancer By: Jack Ciallella E-mail: Zcool6500@hotmail.com Every hour one American is killed by skin cancer and every thirty seconds one American gets skin cancer. Cancer is a deadly disease that alters the DNA of a skin cell and causes it to reproduce at a rapid pace. This overproduction of cells can be harmful and in many cases deadly. Out of these cancers the most common is Basal cell carcinoma. Many steps have …showed first 75 words of 1322 total…

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