Excessive exposure to the sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays is the main cause of skin cancer. Photo credit: iStock/Getty Images Skin cancer develops when cells that make up your skin reproduce abnormally.

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"Sun exposure causes damage to the cells in your skin and causes abnormal growth of melanocytes, which is a type of skin cell ...

Underlying causes were cited as chronic respiratory failure, acute hypoxemia respiratory failure (low oxygen delivery), and squamous cell carcinoma (skin cancer) on the base of the tongue.

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Skin cancer is connected to frequent exposure to the sun. The ultraviolet (UV) rays can damage the DNA in the skin cells, which causes abnormal growth. In recent years, the heat in the summer ...

Skin neoplasms (also known as "skin cancer") are skin growths with differing causes and varying degrees of malignancy. The three most common malignant skin cancers are basal cell cancer ...