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Advanced Care for People with Melanoma

The region’s most experienced cancer center is here for you More >>

Treatment Options You Won’t Find at Other Cancer Centers
You can be confident you’ll receive the right treatment, because we offer them all. Lehigh Valley Hospital is a referral center for skin cancer for major cancer centers. More >>

Prevention and Early Detection of Melanoma
Here’s what you need to know More >>

There Really Is a Difference in Cancer Centers
By making it possible for specialists to work as a true team, our Cancer Centers give you a better chance. More >>

How Research and Discovery Can Help You
Lehigh Valley Hospital’s Cancer Center is active in research and offers access to clinical trials that are not available at other centers in the region. More >>

The Same Quality Cancer Care at Two Convenient Locations
Lehigh Valley Hospital has comprehensive cancer centers in Allentown and Bethlehem, so you can receive care close to home or work. More >>

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Melanoma

Ask Our Expert
Q: What is melanoma and what does it look like?
A: Normally, your cells grow and die in a very organized and controlled manner. Cancer occurs when this process goes awry, allowing cells to grow and multiply excessively and eventually invade other areas of the body.

My Story
Why I Survived
Carole Moretz and her husband, Ray, lived the cancer experience and today cherish their time together.






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Lehigh Valley Hospital has campuses in Allentown and Bethlehem, Pa. and serves the Pennsylvania communities of Easton, Doylestown, Quakertown, Hazelton, Lehighton, Perkasie, Pottstown, Pottsville, Reading, Scranton, Wilkes Barre, Stroudsburg, and the Poconos and also Phillipsburg and Flemington, N.J., and western New Jersey. You don't have to travel to Philadelphia or New York for quality health care.

 
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