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An alarming time-lapse video has revealed how a barely visible mark can morph into stage four skin cancer.
Virginia-based Head and neck surgeon Dr Chris Chang created the clip using generative AI to warn people of the early stages of melanoma.
He said it would be difficult to create the same clip in real life because many often do not notice their skin cancers forming until the later stages.
The hypothetical video shows how the blotch grows to become melanoma over 10 years.
The clip was released ahead of the summer, with doctors warning people to wear sunscreen to limit their risk of the cancer — which can be triggered by sun damage.
The above shows the skin at the beginning and end of the animation of the area slowly morphing into a melanoma
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About 100,000 Americans are diagnosed with melanoma annually, the most common cancer in the US.
Cases are rising by about three percent a year among women over 50, with this age group making up the majority of cases.
But among younger adults, diagnoses are actually falling — unlike with other cancers — which has been put down to younger people being more likely to wear sunscreen to fight off aging.
Sharing the video online last month, Dr Chang, from
