An MRI image is more detailed than normal X-ray image. It complements a CAT scan and looks at tissues a different way. Common term for a cancerous tumor or cancerous tissue. An X-ray of the breast. Mammograms are used to detect any abnormalities in breast tissue, specifically breast cancer.
Melanin also helps protect the skin from the sun's damaging rays.
Special cells in the skin and the eye that produce melanin or pigment. Clusters of melanocytes often appear on the skin as moles. Cancer that begins in the melanocytes and spreads to other skin cells. Melanoma appears on the skin and looks like a new or changing mole. Cancer that started from cancer cells from another part of the body.