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By Kirsten WhittakerDeadly Skin CancerToday more patients than ever survive dangerous melanoma than in past generations, but the rate of death for one form of this disease hasn't budged in 30 years.Nodular melanoma accounts for 14% of melanomas that are diagnosed, but makes up a startling 37% of untimely deaths from the disease according to a recent study.The reason this form of cancer contributes to so many deaths is that it doesn't always look like what we expect to see. It can appear without warning on the surface of the skin and can be hard to spot because it's often light or nearly colorless, and doesn't adhere to the ABCD characteristics we've all been taught to look for.Just like the more well known radial melanoma, nodular melanomas...
