Match the images and descriptions to the types of skin cancer. Drag the appropriate items to their respective bins. Grows slowly and seldom metastasizes before being noticed Grows rapidly and metastasizes to lymph nodes if not removed Evaluated using the ABCD rule Cancer of pigment-producing skin cells Metastasizes rapidly through lymph and blood vessels Arises from cells in stratum spinosum Least malignant and most common type of skin cancer Basal cell carcinoma Squamous cell carcinoma Melanoma
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