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-Metastatic melanoma refers to [[melanoma]] that has the ability to spread. Metastatic melanoma may cause nonspecific [[paraneoplastic symptoms]], including loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and fatigue. Metastasis of early melanoma is possible, but relatively rare: less than a fifth of melanomas diagnosed early become metastatic. [[Brain metastases]] are particularly common in patients with metastatic melanoma.<ref name="pmid10862180">{{cite journal |author=Fiddler IJ |title=Melanoma Metastasis |journal=[[Cancer Control : Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center]] |volume=2 |issue=5 |pages=398–404 |year=1995 |month=October |pmid=10862180 |doi= |url=http://www.moffitt.usf.edu/pubs/ccj/v2n5/article3.html |accessdate=2012-08-03}}</ref> It can also spread to the [[liver]], [[bones]], abdomen or distant [[lymph nodes]].