Research on worst skin cancer struggling
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080407/ap_on_he_me/healthbeat_worst_skin_cancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080407/capt.22ca0f3b0d3b4f2cb9263f79b9844f8f.healthbeat_worst_skin_cancer_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=bN9aAGMNlUscs0Eiv7HmWQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This undated handout photo provided by the Whatley family shows Martin Whatley and his wife Martin, Yes, husband and wife shared the name Martin. The deadliest form of skin cancer is a little-studied type you've probably never heard of. After he died, Martin Whatley's classic rock 'n roll guitar became his last weapon against it. Whatley's frustrated widow carefully pulled the pristine 1964 Fender Stratocaster from under their bed and put it up for auction on eBay, pledging half the proceeds for Merkel cell carcinoma research and the rest to pay his medical bills. She knew scientists were having little luck finding money to study a killer so rare that few doctors recognize it, much less know how to treat it. (AP Photo/Whatley Family)" border="0" /></a>AP - The deadliest form of skin cancer is a little-studied type you've probably never heard of. After he died, Martin Whatley's classic rock 'n' roll guitar became his last weapon against it.</p><br clear="all"/>

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