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Maybe because, in staring down death every day, we're forced to know that life, every minute, is borrowed time. And each person we let ourselves care about is just one more loss somewhere down the line. For this reason, I know some doctors who just don't bother making friends at all, but the rest of us, we make it our job to move that line to push each loss as far away as we can. Sign In. Grey's Anatomy. Drama Romance. Director Jessica Yu.

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Richard Webber as Dr. Richard Webber. Fans considered her to be the worst character that has ever been on the show. Even in death, their afterlife love affair endured. At the time, fans speculated that the hallucinations were a result of her cancer treatments. Show creator Shonda Rhimes recently set the record straight while talking to Entertainment Weekly. Sun exposure does increase a person's risk of developing melanoma but there are several other factors that increase risk including having fair skin and being a or something woman.

In general, the deeper the melanoma is, the more likely it is that a small piece of the cancerous tissue will break off and travel, through the blood or through the lymphatic system, to other tissues, infecting them with cancer. Prior to her diagnosis, Williams had no reason to think anything could go wrong with her body. She was active, running after her two-year-old son, and enjoyed yoga and eating healthfully.

She ran a successful photography business. Learning she had cancer, something she said she thought of as an older person's disease, was a shock. But Alam said melanoma is particularly aggressive in young people, striking hard and moving quickly.

And while there are a variety of treatment options, there is no reliable therapy when the cancer reaches stage 4. Williams is undergoing chemotherapy but is exploring a variety of treatment options abroad -- some not approved for use in the U. Right now, Williams said she is focusing on spending time with her husband, son, and friends.

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