Fighting Melanoma

Category: General

  • Patient Notification Service

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    Register your email address to be notified when new melanoma clinical trials are posted to the database.  http://www.centerwatch.com/clinical-trials/pns/

  • How to beat melanoma

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    This is a great website. It gives you an overview on how to beat melanoma in its earlier stages through Stage 4, which can be a bit more challenging as you all know. This website reviews medicine, herbs, diet, body, mind and spirit. A Great tool! Read more… http://www.foundhealth.com/melanoma/how-to-beat-melanoma

  • If You’ve Just Been Diagnosed

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    Here’s some good advice for those “joining the team”. “You have cancer.” Hearing these words from a doctor can be devastating, but many of us who receive a cancer diagnosis come to learn that there are effective treatment options. There are also many ways to manage side effects and cope with the concerns raised cancer.…

  • 1 in 5 will get Melanoma Cancer

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    1 in 5 will get Melanoma Cancer, and 1 person every hour dies of it, and we cannot stop TANNING! Great informational video! There is a skin cancer and cosmotology clinic in our area that uses a new ground-breaking tool, Melafind, to save lives of skin cancer patients. Read more: http://www.4029tv.com/news/health/Local-clinic-uses-new-technology-to-discover-melanoma/-/8897344/17555172/-/5w3uw0z/-/index.html#ixzz2DZXSK1dg http://www.4029tv.com/news/health/Local-clinic-uses-new-technology-to-discover-melanoma/-/8897344/17555172/-/5w3uw0z/-/index.html

  • ABCDE Checklist

    ABCDE Checklist

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    Follow this checklist for finding out whether a mole is more likely to be normal or a melanoma: Asymmetrical – the mole is not symmetrical, one half is different in shape from the other. Border – the border is ragged or notched. Most normal moles have regular borders Colors – while most normal moles have…

  • What are the symptoms of Malignant melanoma?

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    Malignant melanoma exists in a deeper layer of skin compared to other skins cancers. Experts say this is one of the reasons it is the most serious type of skin cancer. The deeper it starts from, the higher are the chances of it spreading. Patients mainly have melanomas on the back of the legs, arms…

  • What Is Skin Cancer? What Is Melanoma?

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    Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes. The tumors are generally found in the skin, but may also appear in the bowel and the eye (uveal melanoma). Melanoma is a type of skin cancer – one of the rarer types – but the cause of most skin cancer related deaths. Malignant melanoma is caused by…

  • Melanoma Images

    Melanoma Images

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      Melanoma CAUSE / EFFECT    

  • Study confirms link between indoor tanning and skin cancer risk

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    Indoor tanning increases the risks of developing non-melanoma skin cancer (known as basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma), particularly among those exposed before the age of 25, finds a study published on bmj.com today. It follows a BMJ study published in July that showed 3,438 (5.4%) new cases of melanoma diagnosed each year in…

  • The Power of Negative Thinking: Which Cells Limit Tumor Immunity?

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    Corresponding Author: Michael T. Lotze, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, 5117 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Phone: 412-623-6790; Fax: 412-623-1212; E-mail: lotzemt@upmc.edu Abstract Why human tumors grow infiltrated by specific antitumor T cells has been a mystery attributed to negative factors released directly by the tumor or indirectly through immune intermediaries. The frequency and phenotype…