Malignant Melanoma

Malignant Melanoma Basics

the simplest information is the NCI booklet or the ACS site, CancerNet, CancerConsultants, E-Medicine here and here, and the most up to date are the NCCN site and the NCI patient site, Up to Date patient information here and here, other good links are below. A recent review about detecting melanoma as skin cancer is noted here.

the key to melanoma is early diagnosis or recognizing which moles need to be removed. See the images above, the emphasis is on the abc's of asymmetry, border, color and diameter.

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Good Links ACS site Johns Hopkins Mayo Clinic Medline Merck Manual NCI CancerNet NCI patient NCI physician PDR Health Other ________________________