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What is cancer?: Solution

melanoma - The most dangerous form of skin cancer but the rarest. It can spread rapidly to other parts of the body.

squamous cell carcinoma - More dangerous than BCC but less common. These grow in weeks to months and may spread by metastasis to other parts of the body.

basal cell carcinoma - The most common form of skin cancer but the least dangerous. They are slow growing and rarely spread to other parts of the body.

tumour - A mass of cells growing out of control.

malignant - Cancer cells that move into other tissues.

benign - Cancer cells that remain in the tissue that they formed in.

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