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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s Melanoma Monday, a reminder that cases of this most dangerous form of skin cancer are rising dramatically.

FOX 4 Medical Reporter Meryl Lin McKean says one metro woman learned that fighting melanoma can involve much more than a little cut to remove a mole.