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Other types of skin cancer can pose a greater threat. Squamous-cell carcinomas generally appear as raised, pinkish scaly patches. If not promptly treated, 5% of them metastasize to other tissues and organs. Most deadly of all is malignant melanoma, which typically begins as a dark, unevenly pigmented spot with irregular edges and can quickly spread to invade internal organs. Melanoma afflicts 22,000 Americans a year and kills 5,500. Though heredity and a medical history of unusual moles play a part in it, evidence suggests that serious, blistering sunburns, suffered during the first two decades of life...
DIED. TERRY MELCHER, 62, record producer and song-writer who collaborated with Ry Cooder, the Byrds and the Beach Boys; of melanoma; in Beverly Hills, Calif. Melcher, the son of actress Doris Day, produced the Byrds' version of Bob Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man and co-wrote the Beach Boys' pop hit Kokomo for the 1988 film Cocktail...
...dates back to Hughes' brush with skin cancer in 1983. He was studying for his M.B.A. at Harvard when a doctor discovered a malignant melanoma on his shoulder. Hughes underwent surgery and has been cancer-free since. He moved on to a high-powered Wall Street career at Citicorp, where he worked on the $105 million leveraged buyout of the Piggly Wiggly supermarket chain and the $200 million acquisition of Prince Sports Group from Unilever. Seven years after his health scare, Hughes got the entrepreneurial itch. He decided to go out on his own--and help people in the process...
...Precautions, based in Everett, Wash.--which produces Solumbra sportswear for men, women and children--is targeting a growing market. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the U.S., and awareness is spreading. The American Cancer Society says that each year more than 1 million new non-melanoma skin-cancer cases are reported, almost 55,000 new melanomas are diagnosed and nearly 10,000 patients die of skin cancer. The numbers are alarming, but care and diligent sun protection can dramatically reduce the risk...
After battling melanoma in 1996, schoolteacher Rem Remlinger reckoned that his working days were done. That was until a former student, employed by the Seattle Mariners, suggested that he work the home games at the new Safeco Field in Seattle. Now, when the Mariners play at home, Remlinger, 67, works the media gate, schmoozing with fans as the procession of press and visiting ballplayers enters the stadium. "I look forward to going to work every day," he says. "I get to see a lot of people, socialize and just have...