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What Rays Are Most Associated With Melanoma?
Posted: 05-18-07 09:41am

I was curious, like when comparing A and B type waves, which are more linked to cancer, if there are any trends, etc. Are some better at penetrating cells' nucleus, or that they primarily hit cells more vulnerable to cancer than ones not?

I would guess the more superficial cells are most commonly hit, and least vulnerable since they experience a high rate of turnover anyway, meaning any cancerous cells are more likely to be sloughed off and unable to form a tumourous mass, since there wouldn't be much room for masses near the surface anyway, especially since they are more easy to recognize than internal masses.

Or do all of them not form masses? Maybe contained masses are good compare to cancers that are not contained and spread through the body's circulatory system? Or does that even happen...
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