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MelanomaMelanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes which are found predominantly in skin but also in the bowel and the eye . It is one of the rarer types of skin cancer but causes the majority of skin cancer related deaths. Despite many years of intensive laboratory and clinical research, the sole effective cure is surgical resection of the primary tumor before it achieves a thickness greater than 1 mm. Around 160,000 new cases of melanoma are diagnosed worldwide each year, and it is more frequent in males and caucasians. It is more common in caucasian populations living in sunny climates than other groups.According to the WHO Report about 48,000 melanoma related deaths occur worldwide per annum.The treatment includes surgical removal of the tumor; adjuvant treatment; chemo- and immunotherapy, or radiation therapy.Melanomas also occur in horses, see equine melanoma, below. (From the Wikpedia article Melanoma.) Download PDF containing detailed information.
Recent Publications on Melanoma: |  |
Melanotic Pigmentation of Palatal Salivary Glands as a Possible Precursor to Malignant Melanoma: Report of an Unusual Case.
The incidence of melanoma is increasing, and the therapeutic options for... | 21st November, 2009
| Consultant Professor, Unit of Oral Pathology and Laser-assisted Surgery,
| J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2009 Nov 18.
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Freedom of expression or protectionism in the debate on sentinel node biopsy in melanoma.
The incidence of melanoma is increasing, and the therapeutic options for... | 21st November, 2009
| Melanoma and Sarcoma Unit, Department of Surgery, The Royal Marsden
| J Am Acad Dermatol. 2009 Dec;61(6):1079.
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[Patients' knowledge of the risk of skin cancer following kidney transplantation.]
INTRODUCTION: Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) increases the rate of... | 21st November, 2009
| Dermatologisk Afdeling, Roskilde Sygehus, DK-4000 Roskilde.
| Ugeskr Laeger. 2009 Nov 9;171(46):3341-3345.
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Occupation and cancer - follow-up of 15 million people in five Nordic countries.
We present up to 45 years of cancer incidence data by occupational... | 21st November, 2009
| Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological
| Acta Oncol. 2009;48(5):646-790.
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SPECT/CT for preoperative sentinel node localization.
The value of SPECT/CT for detection and localization of sentinel nodes is... | 20th November, 2009
| Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni
| J Surg Oncol. 2009 Nov 18.
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| Delcath Systems, Inc. Sponsors Satellite Session at World Meeting of Melanoma/Skin Cancer Centers |
24th November, 2009 |
Delcath Systems, Inc. |
NEW YORK, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delcath Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq: DCTH) a medical technology company testing its proprietary treatment method for primary and metastatic cancers to the liver,
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| PROFNET EXPERT ALERTS: Family Medical History / Electronic Medical Records / Skin Cancer |
13th November, 2009 |
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1. Behavior: New Studies of Gratitude
2. Health: Fatty Fish and Skin Cancer Prevention
3. Health: Using Quality Data to Lower Healthcare Cost, Improve Outcomes
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| Calling All Runners! Join the Race Against Melanoma and Run the 2010 Boston Marathon(R) |
5th November, 2009 |
Melanoma Foundation of New England |
CONCORD, Mass., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Applications are now available for running in the Boston Marathon(R) as part of the Melanoma Foundation of New England's marathon team, Running
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| National Quality Forum Endorses Six Measures for Melanoma and Eye Care |
5th November, 2009 |
National Quality Forum |
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Quality Forum (NQF) has endorsed six measures to improve quality of eye and skin care in the ambulatory setting. The endorsed measures
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| Melanoma Research Foundation Leads Unprecedented Collaboration for Melanoma Research |
3rd November, 2009 |
Melanoma Research Foundation |
Patient advocacy group, research community and pharmaceutical companies join forces for new breakthroughs in treatment; clinical trials to begin in 2010
HILLSBOROUGH, N.J., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire
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Companies working in the area of Melanoma from Bioportfolio's Biocorporate database : | |
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GenVec, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNVC) is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel gene-based therapeutic drugs and vaccines. Each of our gene-based therapeutic product candidates use a common patent...
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BioVex is a three year old private biotech company that is developing a new class of potent vaccines principally to treat and prevent cancer. The Company is headquartered in Oxford, UK.
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BSD Medical Corporation (AMEX: BSM) develops, manufactures, markets and services systems to treat cancer and benign diseases using heat therapy delivered using focused radio frequency (RF) and...
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