Here's more proof that melanoma happens -- and to young people too. Texas A&M second baseman Parker Dalton was diagnosed with melanoma last September and underwent surgery to remove the skin cancer that had surfaced right between his shoulder blades. Five days after surgery, he returned to school and resumed baseball practice. He was declared cancer-free in October.
Dalton's only visible reminder of cancer is a reddish, eye-shaped gouge in the middle of his back. It's the not-so-apparent reminders -- the emotional underpinnings of a cancer journey -- that fill Dalton's mind and offer him his renewed sense of purpose and perspective and a fresh commitment to his religious faith.
Dalton is playing baseball better than ever. He says he feels like if he can beat cancer, he can beat a curveball."
Here's more proof there is life after cancer.
