01/12/09 | Key to why melanoma is so potent. (BBC News.)
Skin cancer rates have been increasing across the UK
Scientists have discovered why a form of skin cancer called melanoma can be so malignant.
If not caught early the disease can spread through the body with an efficiency few other tumours possess.
Latest research suggests that, unlike other cancer cells, melanoma does not have to learn how to spread - it has that ability innately.
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