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nonmelanoma skin cancer  listen  (non-MEH-luh-NOH-muh skin KAN-ser)

  Skin cancer that forms in the lower part of the epidermis (the outer layer of the skin) or in squamous cells, but not in melanocytes (skin cells that make pigment).

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