nonmelanoma
noun
non·mel·a·no·ma
-ˌmel-ə-ˈnō-mə
variants
or non-melanoma
: a tumor that is not a melanoma : cancer that does not begin in melanocytes
Most skin cancers are nonmelanomas, which rarely spread to other parts of the body.—Jim Ritter, The Chicago Sun-Times
—often used before another noun
The American Cancer Society says that each year more than 1 million new non-melanoma skin-cancer cases are reported …—Stacy Perman, Time
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