Melanoma tumor

Introduction: Melanoma tumor

Description of Melanoma tumor

Melanoma tumor (medical condition): Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. It is the leading...more »

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Melanoma tumor: Related Topics

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• Melanoma
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Melanoma tumor as a Disease

Melanoma tumor: Another name for Melanoma (or close medical condition association).
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Melanoma tumor: Related Diseases

Melanoma tumor: Melanoma tumor is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Cancer
• Eye conditions
• Skin conditions
• Skin tumors

Causes of Melanoma tumor

Some of the causes of Melanoma tumor are included in the list below:

• Superficial spreading melanoma is the most common type of melanoma. It is usually flat and irregular in shape and color, with varying shades of black and brown. It may occur at any age or body site, and is most common in Caucasians
• Nodular melanoma usually starts as a raised area that is dark blackish-blue or bluish-red, although some are without color
• Lentigo maligna melanoma usually occurs in the elderly. It is most common in sun-damaged skin on the face, neck, and arms. The abnormal skin areas are usually large, flat, and tan with intermixed areas of brown
• Acral lentiginous melanoma is the least common form of melanoma. It usually occurs on the palms, soles, or under the nails and is more common in African Americans

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Symptoms of Melanoma tumor (Melanoma)

Some of the symptoms of Melanoma tumor incude:

• Melanoma can start in a mole or in normal skin
• Unusual mole features
  • Change in a mole
  • Abnormal mole - e.g. an "ugly" mole
  • ABCD mole features - asymmetry, border, color and diameter.

See full list of 17 symptoms of Melanoma tumor (Melanoma)

Treatments for Melanoma tumor (Melanoma)

Treatments for Melanoma tumor (Melanoma) include:

• Surgery
  • Surgical melanoma removal - the most common treatment; remove the tumor and nearby surrounding tissues.
  • Surgical lymph node removal - often nearby lymph nodes are also removed.
  • Skin graft - if a large area of skin was removed.
• Chemotherapy

See full list of 12 treatments for Melanoma tumor

Treatment of Melanoma tumor: For more treatment information about Melanoma tumor, see treatment of Melanoma (Melanoma tumor)

Melanoma tumor: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Melanoma tumor:

• skin cancer
• Clarke's classification
• superficial spreading melanoma
• acral lentigenous melanoma
• malignant melanoma
• metastases

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