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'''For patient information click [[{{PAGENAME}} (patient information)|here]]''' | '''For patient information click [[{{PAGENAME}} (patient information)|here]]''' | ||
{{Infobox_Disease | | {{Infobox_Disease | | ||
Name = Melanoma | | Name = Melanoma | | ||
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MedlinePlus = 000850 | | MedlinePlus = 000850 | | ||
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{{Melanoma}} | {{Melanoma}} | ||
{{CMG}}; {{MJM}} | |||
==[[Melanoma overview|Overview]]== | ==[[Melanoma overview|Overview]]== | ||
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==Treatment== | ==Treatment== | ||
[[Melanoma medical therapy|Medical therapy]] | [[Melanoma surgery|Surgical options]] | [[Melanoma primary prevention|Primary prevention]] | [[Melanoma secondary prevention|Secondary prevention]] | [[Melanoma cost-effectiveness of therapy|Financial costs]] | [[Melanoma future or investigational therapies|Future therapies]] | [[Melanoma medical therapy|Medical therapy]] | [[Melanoma surgery|Surgical options]] | [[Melanoma primary prevention|Primary prevention]] | [[Melanoma secondary prevention|Secondary prevention]] | [[Melanoma cost-effectiveness of therapy|Financial costs]] | [[Melanoma future or investigational therapies|Future therapies]] | ||
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===Websites=== | ====Websites==== | ||
*[http://www.mmmp.org Melanoma Molecular Map Project] | *[http://www.mmmp.org Melanoma Molecular Map Project] | ||
*[http://www.proleukin.com Proleukin] | *[http://www.proleukin.com Proleukin] | ||
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*[http://copublications.greenfacts.org/en/sunbeds/index.htm Assessing health risks of sunbeds and UV exposure] summary by GreenFacts of the European Commission SCCP assessment | *[http://copublications.greenfacts.org/en/sunbeds/index.htm Assessing health risks of sunbeds and UV exposure] summary by GreenFacts of the European Commission SCCP assessment | ||
===Patient information=== | ====Patient information==== | ||
* [http://www.cancer.gov/pdf/WYNTK/WYNTK_moles.pdf What You Need To Know About Moles and Dysplastic Nevi] - patient information booklet from cancer.gov (PDF) | * [http://www.cancer.gov/pdf/WYNTK/WYNTK_moles.pdf What You Need To Know About Moles and Dysplastic Nevi] - patient information booklet from cancer.gov (PDF) | ||
* [http://www.mpip.org/ MPIP: Melanoma patients information page] | * [http://www.mpip.org/ MPIP: Melanoma patients information page] | ||
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* [http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=mel-l&A=1/ MEL-L - Melanoma e-mail list for patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals] - Supporting the Melanoma Patient since 1996 | * [http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=mel-l&A=1/ MEL-L - Melanoma e-mail list for patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals] - Supporting the Melanoma Patient since 1996 | ||
===Images, photographs=== | ====Images, photographs==== | ||
*[http://www.dermnet.com/thumbnailIndex.cfm?moduleID=14&moduleGroupID=427&groupIndex=0&numcols=0 Melanoma photo library at Dermnet] | *[http://www.dermnet.com/thumbnailIndex.cfm?moduleID=14&moduleGroupID=427&groupIndex=0&numcols=0 Melanoma photo library at Dermnet] | ||
* [http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/result.cfm?Diagnosis=53 DermAtlas: Melanoma images] | * [http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/result.cfm?Diagnosis=53 DermAtlas: Melanoma images] | ||
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* [http://dermatologie.free.fr/cas183re.htm Pictures of amelanotic melanomas] | * [http://dermatologie.free.fr/cas183re.htm Pictures of amelanotic melanomas] | ||
===Videos=== | ====Videos==== | ||
* [http://www.healthination.com/skin_cancer.php Health Video: Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers - Overview, Prevention, and Treatment] | * [http://www.healthination.com/skin_cancer.php Health Video: Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers - Overview, Prevention, and Treatment] | ||
* [http://www.healthination.com/skin_self_exam.php Health Video: How to Perform a Skin Self Exam] | * [http://www.healthination.com/skin_self_exam.php Health Video: How to Perform a Skin Self Exam] | ||
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{{Epithelial neoplasms}} | {{Epithelial neoplasms}} | ||
[[Category:Dermatology|Melanoma]] | [[Category:Dermatology|Melanoma]] | ||
[[Category:Types of cancer|Melanoma]] | [[Category:Types of cancer|Melanoma]] | ||
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{{WikiDoc Help Menu}} | {{WikiDoc Help Menu}} | ||
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Revision as of 16:53, 22 January 2012
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| Melanoma | |
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| Melanoma malignum on the left leg of a 60-year-old woman | |
| ICD-10 | C43 |
| ICD-9 | 172 |
| ICD-O: | Template:ICDO |
| OMIM | 155600 |
| DiseasesDB | 7947 |
| MedlinePlus | 000850 |
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Melanoma Microchapters |
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Melanoma On the Web |
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American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Melanoma |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Michael Maddaleni, B.S.
Overview
History
Pathophysiology
Epidemiology & demographics
Risk factors
Screening
Causes
Differentiating Melanoma
Complications & Prognosis
Diagnosis
- History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Staging | Lab Tests | Electrocardiogram | X Ray | MRI | CT | Echocardiography | Other imaging findings | Other diagnostic studies
Treatment
Medical therapy | Surgical options | Primary prevention | Secondary prevention | Financial costs | Future therapies
Resources
Websites
- Melanoma Molecular Map Project
- Proleukin
- Melanoma Perspectives
- Information on Melanoma from The Skin Cancer Foundation
- CIMIT Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology - New Advances and Research in Melanoma
- Sunbathing helps prevent cancer: UK newspaper article
- Melanoma International Foundation
- Melanoma Education Foundation
- melanoma.com (commercially supported site)
- DermNet NZ: Melanoma
- Professional melanoma information
- Adelaide Melanoma Unit (free information on diagnosis, prevention, treatment of melanoma; booklet available at cost)
- Assessing health risks of sunbeds and UV exposure summary by GreenFacts of the European Commission SCCP assessment
Patient information
- What You Need To Know About Moles and Dysplastic Nevi - patient information booklet from cancer.gov (PDF)
- MPIP: Melanoma patients information page
- Melanoma Support Organisation (Victoria, Australia) - Ran by Melanoma Sufferers with strong links to Cancer Institutes in Victoria, Australia
- Melanoma Patients Australia
- Mikes Page - The Melanoma Resource Center
- MEL-L - Melanoma e-mail list for patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals - Supporting the Melanoma Patient since 1996
Images, photographs
- Melanoma photo library at Dermnet
- DermAtlas: Melanoma images
- Photographs of melanoma
- Skin imaging methods for melanoma diagnosis(commercial advertising)
- Pictures of melanomas
- Pictures of amelanotic melanomas
Videos
- Health Video: Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers - Overview, Prevention, and Treatment
- Health Video: How to Perform a Skin Self Exam
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