"Skin melanoma" refers to a type of skin cancer that starts in cells called melanocytes. These cells produce a pigment called melanin, which gives color to our skin. So,
skin melanoma is a dangerous form of cancer that affects the cells responsible for our skin color.
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Uveal melanoma (which is biologically distinct
from skin melanoma) arises from the uvea's melanocytes, the pigment cells that give the eye its color.
Assistance dogs, be they guide, hearing, service, social / therapy, psychiatric or
skin melanoma sniffing dogs, provide a very serious and meaningful service to people with disabilities or disabling conditions.
Skin melanoma, a particularly insidious cancer, accounts for the vast majority skin cancer deaths and is one of the most common cancers in people under 30.
And according to Wikipedia they are considered high risk for autoimmune disease and
skin melanoma.
At the Sensory Research Institute at Florida State University in Tallahassee, scientists have trained dogs to detect the odor of
skin melanomas and prostate cancer.