Acral Lentiginous Melanoma

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Bob Marley died on May 11, 1980, at age 36, from metastatic melanoma that had spread from a malignant foot lesion initially diagnosed as a minor injury. His death resulted from...

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Bob Marley died from acral lentiginous melanoma, a form of skin cancer that began under his toenail and later spread to his lungs and brain. In 1977, a football injury led to a...

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Bob Marley died at age 36 after melanoma progressed from a minor injury on his toe into metastatic cancer. In 1977, a soccer injury drew attention to a dark spot on his toe; a b...

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