Malignant Melanoma
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Screening
Education and prevention programs have led to improved screening for skin cancer, which in turn has improved diagnosis and survival rates for melanoma.
Self-Examination for Warning Signs of Skin Cancer
Skin cancers may have many different appearances. They can be small, shiny, or waxy, scaly and rough, firm and red, crusty or bleeding, or have other features. Itching, tenderness, scaling, bleeding, crusting, or sores can signal potentially cancerous changes in any mole.
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From Our Experts
Take an Antioxidant, Avoid Melanoma?
Here's an interesting approach to sun exposure and its dangers. Take a powerful antioxidant in anticipation of a day at the beach or a day... Read more »
Doctor Green Answers Your Questions about Melanoma
Many of the questions we receive here on SkinCancerConnection are about melanoma skin cancer. This is no surprise as melanoma is the... Read more »
Study Shows Blood Test May Predict Melanoma Metastasis
A diagnosis of melanoma skin cancer can be frightening to most patients because it is considered to be the most deadly type of skin cancer.... Read more »
Melanoma Rates Increasing in Young Women
A new study hot off the presses reveals that the rate of skin melanoma cases is on the rise among young women. In fact, it jumped 50%... Read more »
Early Warning Signs of Melanoma
Melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, is the leading form of cancer in young adults between the ages of 25 and 29 and the... Read more »
From Our Sources
Clinical trial: Vaccine study for melanoma
This is a study to determine whether M-Vax is effective in shrinking melanomas that have spread (stage IV). To increase it effectiveness, the M-Vax... Read more »
Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Rates Soaring
Non-melanoma skin cancer is now the most common kind of cancer in the United States, with more Americans affected by it than all other cancers... Read more »
Non-melanoma skin cancer boosts later cancer risk: expert
A reader asks if having non-melanoma skin cancer makes a person more likely to develop cancer in later life. Expert Linda Searing responds by giving... Read more »
Melanoma
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Melanoma is a type of cancer originating from the cells that give color to the skin. These cells are called melanocytes. Some melanomas arise in... Read more »
Melanoma
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. It is the leading cause of death from skin disease.It involves cells called melanocytes, which... Read more »
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