ocular melanoma
Ocular melanoma is a rare cancer of the pigment producing cells within the eye, most often arising in the middle layer called the uvea.
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62 matchespolyvalent melanoma vaccine
A cancer vaccine consisting of whole irradiated heterologous melanoma cells which express multiple melanoma-related antigens.
Read definitionstage 0 melanoma
Abnormal melanocytes (cells that make melanin, the pigment that gives skin its color) are found in the epidermis (outer layer of the skin).
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The earliest invasive stage, in which the melanoma has grown into the skin but nothing suggests it has traveled anywhere.
Read definition1-methyl-d-tryptophan
A substance being studied in the treatment of melanoma and many other types of cancer.
Read definitionADI-PEG 20
A substance being studied in the treatment of melanoma, liver cancer, and other types of cancer.
Read definitionalbinism
Pigment is only half the story, since the same genes shape the retina and the optic nerves, so eyesight is always involved.
Read definitionbasal cell
A basal cell is one of the small, round cells forming the deepest layer of the epidermis, where new skin cells are continuously produced.
Read definitioncarcinomatous meningitis
A serious problem that may occur in cancer in which cancer cells spread from the original (primary) tumor to the meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).
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A system for describing how deep melanoma has spread into the skin.
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A soft tissue tumor that begins in a tendon (tough, fibrous, cord-like tissue that connects muscle to bone or to another structure).
Read definitiondacarbazine
One of the older cytotoxic drugs, still holding its place in Hodgkin lymphoma long after newer agents displaced it in melanoma.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of advanced melanoma (a type of skin cancer) and other types of cancer.
Read definitiondysplastic nevus
A dysplastic nevus itself is benign, but its presence, particularly in larger numbers, is linked to an increased likelihood of developing melanoma.
Read definitioneye cancer
Eye cancer includes several distinct cancer types affecting different eye tissues, ranging from pigment producing cells to the retina itself.
Read definitionfamilial dysplastic nevi
A condition that runs in certain families in which at least two members have dysplastic nevi (atypical moles) and have a tendency to develop melanoma.
Read definitionFAMMM syndrome
An inherited condition marked by the following: (1) one or more first- or second-degree relatives (parent, sibling, child, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, or uncle) with malignant melanoma; (2) many…
Read definitionfungating lesion
A type of skin lesion that is marked by ulcerations (breaks on the skin or surface of an organ) and necrosis (death of living tissue) and that usually has a bad smell.
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A peptide (short piece of protein) made from the tumor-specific antigen gp100, and used to make vaccines being studied in the treatment of melanoma.
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A drug used to treat some infections caused by viruses and several types of cancer.
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