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 | | Some patients with early stages of melanoma of the skin may be cured with surgery alone. | | | The estimated lifetime risk of developing skin melanoma in Americans was 1 in 1,500 in 1935 and is expected to rise to 1 in 75 by year 2000. | | | If the diagnosis is of a Melanoma, then a second surgery of a wider area of normal skin around the original site must be performed. |
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http://www.tirgan.com/melanoma.htm
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| | Melanoma Skin Cancer Black Mole Cancer |
| | The earlier a melanoma is removed, the thinner it is and the greater the chance for a cure. | | | People who are light in skin tone, fair hair, and who have a family member who has had a melanoma need to be particularly careful and should have a complete skin exam each year. | | | A history of melanoma in the family leads to a greater chance of developing a melanoma. |
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http://www.skinsite.com/info_melanoma.htm
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| | About Melanoma |
| | Invasive melanomas are the more serious, as they have penetrated more deeply into the skin and may have travelled from the original tumor through the body. | | | The answer to the question asked by patients, their families, and other concerned people is that melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer. | | | This type of in situ melanoma is found most often in the elderly, arising on chronically sun-exposed, damaged skin on the face, ears, arms, and upper trunk. |
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http://www.skincancer.org/melanoma
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| | Melanoma, malignant melanoma. DermNet NZ |
| | Melanoma may be suspected by your doctor because of the history of change (if known) or the appearance of the skin lesion. | | | Melanoma can arise from otherwise normal appearing skin (50% of melanomas) or from within a mole or freckle, which starts to grow larger and change in appearance. | | | Although melanoma usually starts as a skin lesion, it can also grow on mucous membranes such as the lips or genitals. |
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http://dermnetnz.org/lesions/melanoma.html
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| | Cancer control Journal: Melanoma Metastasis |
| | Most deaths from melanoma are due to metastases that are resistant to conventional therapies.[1] A major obstacle to therapy of metastases is tumor-cell biologic heterogeneity. | | | Theoretically, the differences in site-specific brain metastasis observed among the different melanomas could be due to different behaviors at different steps of the metastatic process. | | | Clonal analysis of human melanoma suggest that systemic, physiologic signals can be recognized by neoplastic cells. |
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http://www.moffitt.usf.edu/pubs/ccj/v2n5/article3.html
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| | What Is Melanoma? |
| | In men, melanoma is found most often on the area between the shoulders and hips or on the head and neck. | | | The chance of developing melanoma increases with age, but it affects all age groups and is one of the most common cancers in young adults. | | | To understand melanoma, it is helpful to know about the skin and melanocytes — and what happens when they become cancerous. |
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http://www.melanoma.com/melanoma/isMelanoma/index.jsp
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| | eMedicine - Malignant Melanoma : Article by Susan M Swetter, MD |
| | Kirkwood JM: Adjuvant IFN alpha2 therapy of melanoma. | | | Melanoma can occur on any skin or mucosal surface, although a history of cutaneous melanoma does not appear to increase the risk of developing primary intraocular or mucosal melanoma. | | | However, individuals with numerous moles (common or dysplastic) or a family history of melanoma should be educated regarding the importance of skin self-examination for early detection of skin cancer. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic257.htm
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| | National Cancer Institute - What You Need To Know About Melanoma |
| | Melanomas arising in areas other than the skin (such as intraocular melanoma, which is melanoma arising in the eye) are not discussed here. | | | This booklet is about melanoma of the skin. | | | National Cancer Institute - What You Need To Know About Melanoma |
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http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/melanoma
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| | Melanoma |
| | Advanced melanoma that has spread to distant sites often cannot be cured, although surgical removal of metastatic tumors may provide some benefit by easing pain, increasing the general quality of life, and lengthening survival. | | | In a study comparing two groups of patients with very advanced cancers, including melanoma, patients were treated with either conventional medical therapy or with alternative therapies including vegetarian diets and coffee enemas. | | | Additional melanomas on the skin surrounding the original lesion may be present. |
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http://www.reutershealth.com/wellconnected/doc32.html
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| | Melanoma in Dogs |
| | A melanoma on the skin of a schnauzer has about an 80 to 90% chance of | | | Most of them are pretty straightforward about the chances for success and pretty good at explaining what levels of success are possible (pain relief, increased quality of life, increased time before death or in some cases, a cure). | | | Malignant melanomas sometimes in the skin of dogs and these are much more |
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http://www.vetinfo.com/dmelanoma.html
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| | Northern California Melanoma Center |
| | Detailed reviews of therapeutic considerations, with literature references, in two specific situations are provided: surgical adjuvant treatment of melanoma and therapy of metastatic melanoma. | | | This web site was created to provide information about melanoma to patients, their families, and the medical community. | | | This web site provides information about melanoma, how it behaves, and the staging system physicians use in describing the disease. |
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http://www.melanomacenter.com
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| | Melanoma |
| | One clinic is for high-risk patients who face complex decisions about therapy and follow-up. | | | Another clinic is for more low-risk patients who have a less complicated therapeutic problem but who need education and reassurance nevertheless. | | | Contrary to popular belief, melanoma is no more invasive than any other cancer. |
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http://www.jim-mullins.com/melanoma.html
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| | Melanoma — Complete medical information regarding skin cancer on MedicineNet.com |
| | To understand melanoma, it is helpful to know about the skin and about melanocytes, what they do, how they grow, and what happens when they become cancerous. | | | In men, it is often found on the trunk (the area from the shoulders to the hips) or the head and neck. | | | Melanoma — Complete medical information regarding skin cancer on MedicineNet.com |
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http://www.medicinenet.com/melanoma/article.htm
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| | Men most often get melanoma on the trunk (the area of the body between the shoulders and hips) or on the head or neck; women most often get melanoma on the arms and legs. | | | In this method, chemotherapy drugs are put directly into the bloodstream of the arm or leg where the melanoma is found. | | | Clinical trials are ongoing in most parts of the country for most stages of melanoma. |
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http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cancernet/201302.html
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| | Ocular Melanoma Metastatic to the Liver |
| | This has recently been questioned in the literature (Metastatic melanoma from intraocular primary tumors: the Southwest Oncology Group experience in phase II advanced melanoma clinical trials). | | | This was the beginning of our search, within the medical community, for a cutting-edge treatment for this rare form of metastatic melanoma. | | | Treatment of Metastatic Choroidal Melanoma, by Dr. Bedikian (MD Anderson), Eye Cancer Network. |
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| | Melanoma: A Kind of Skin Cancer -- familydoctor.org |
| | Melanoma: A Kind of Skin Cancer -- familydoctor.org | | | Most other skin cancers don’t spread, but melanoma can spread through the whole body. | | | The ABCDE rule can help you remember what to look for when you're checking any moles on your skin: |
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| | MELANOMA |
| | The Melanoma Research FoundationThe MRF is a Non-Profit Organization, 'Founded and Managed by Patients and Their Families. | | | Their expertise in evaluating the skin, hair and nails permit suspected melanoma and other skin cancers to be diagnosed and treated as other skin problems. | | | Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers Kim A. Margolin, MD, and Vernon K. Sondak, MD. Cancer Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach. |
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http://www.edae.gr/melanoma.html
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| | Melanoma |
| | Of that number, about 42,000 Americans develop melanoma -- a skin cancer that generally begins with a change in the shape, color, or some other feature of a pigmented area of the skin. | | | Now more than 85 percent of patients with new cases of melanoma can expect to be cured by appropriate surgery. | | | Nonsurgical treatment includes adjuvant therapies -- therapies used in combination -- that help prevent recurrence. |
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http://www.upmc.edu/healthmed/services/Cancer/Melanoma
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| | Melanoma Patients' Information Page |
| | Ultrasound Detects Melanoma Metastases Missed by Clinical Examination | | | Providing the support and information you need to be a proactive participant in your treatment decisions. | | | PatNet can help you connect with patients in similar circumstances |
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| | Melanoma |
| | Malignant melanoma is the skin cancer that is most likely to metastasize (spread through the blood stream to other parts of the body). | | | Other research, including a vaccination that strengthens the body's own response to the cancer, is currently underway. | | | Though malignant melanoma can develop anywhere on the body, and is not always caused by sun-damage to skin, the majority of new cases are caused by repetitive sun-exposure and chronic sun-damage. |
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http://www.afraidtoask.com/skinCA/skinmalignant.html
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| | MEF Home Page |
| | The Melanoma Education Foundation is a non-profit organization devoted to saving lives from melanoma, a common skin cancer that is often deadly unless detected early before there are any symptoms. | | | The Foundation increases awareness of melanoma three ways: | | | We subscribe to the HONcode principles of the Health On the Net Foundation |
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| | Mike's Page - The Melanoma Resource Center |
| | CancerLit Citations and Abstracts - Therapy of Melanoma | | | Print out this page, hand it to them and tell them, "It's not JUST skin cancer" | | | OCU-MEL is the ocular melanoma mail list created for patients and loved ones, doctors and researchers to exchange information or support via e-mail. |
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| | Melanoma Study Group |
| | The UK Melanoma Study Group exists to advance the knowledge and treatment of malignant melanoma in the United Kingdom by... | | | Welcome to the UK Melanoma Study Group website |
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| | MELANOMA |
| | The purpose of this site is to make know (health care professionals and visitors) the most important works reported worldwide on malignant melanoma. | | | Metastatic Melanoma Study - Autologous Vaccine Study in patients with Stage III melanoma -Study of bone transplantation procedure in patients who have metastatic malignant melanoma, this treatment involves high dose chemotherapy followed by donor bone marrow to elicit an immune anticancer effect from the donor cells. | | | Camillo O. Member of " PIGMENTED CELL RESEARCH INTEREST GROUP " N.I.H. Melanoma is the most aggressive of malignant cutaneous tumours. |
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| | MedlinePlus: Melanoma |
| | NCI Researchers Confirm the Effectiveness of Immunotherapy Approach to Treating Melanoma (03/31/2005, National Cancer Institute) | | | Melanoma: A Kind of Skin Cancer (American Academy of Family Physicians) | | | The primary NIH organization for research on Melanoma is the National Cancer Institute |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/melanoma.html
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| | Dan's Melanoma Page |
| | Have regular annual skin checkups by a qualified physician/dermatologist. | | | If you have a melanoma (or any other major disease), immediately learn everything you can about the disease, treatments, etc., because you need to take charge of your treatment options, particularly in this HMO reality we live in now (my HMO was great, BTW). | | | Repeated sunburns may cause melanoma 20 years later. |
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http://www.electriciti.com/~ssei/mel/melanoma.html
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| | Hellenic Melanoma Site |
| | This collaboration led, in 1989, to the establishment of an outpatient clinic for Pigmented Skin Lesions (PSL). | | | The primary purpose of the HMS is to provide knowledge about the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of melanoma. | | | Since 1986, the Department of Plastic Surgery and Microsurgery and the Department of Pathology in the General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas", have founded a collaborating group for the prevention, early diagnosis and surgical treatment of melanoma. |
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| | Melanoma Cancer Links - Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency |
| | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center --Surgical Oncology : Melanoma | | | Melanoma Cancer Links - Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency | | | Welcome to Cancer Links Our Website is specially designed to make searching the World Wide Web for information about cancer faster and easier. |
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| | diagnosis of melanoma |
| | The following presentation is one approach to learning the differential diagnosis of pigmented skin lesions. | | | YOU CAN BE AN EXPERT AT DIAGNOSING MELANOMA |
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http://matrix.ucdavis.edu/tumors/new/tutorial-intro.html
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| | American Melanoma Foundation |
| | AMF is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors dedicated to serving the needs of patients and communities nationwide, and is a member of the National Council On Skin Cancer Prevention. | | | The American Melanoma Foundation is a voluntary health agency, registered as a 501(c)(3) charitable, non-profit organization. | | | Click here to view full-size poster (PDF Format) |
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