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The black lines (left) on Michelle Tagliamonte's thumb were a sign of cancer.

this black line in my nail was coming from inside the growth plate down from inside my nail.” “The melanoma was in the growth plate [in my thumb] down to my first knuckle,” explains Tagliamonte.

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