melanoma
noun
mel·a·no·ma
ˌme-lə-ˈnō-mə 
plural melanomas also melanomata
ˌme-lə-ˈnō-mə-tə
1
: a tumor containing dark pigment
2
: a highly malignant tumor that starts in melanocytes of normal skin or moles and metastasizes rapidly and widely
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Black people have a 5-year relative survival rate lower, about 32% from melanoma compared to their white counterparts—an unsettling disparity that is often under-discussed.
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Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2024
Conspicuously, higher-income individuals appear to be more at risk for melanoma.
—Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Nearly four decades after its first conception, the first TIL therapy, an immunotherapy that harvests cancer-fighting immune cells from the patient’s own body, received accelerated approval from the Food and Drug Administration for advanced melanoma.
—Angus Chen Reprints, STAT, 16 Feb. 2024
The therapy is not expected to work for every metastatic melanoma patient.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
The melanoma was discovered when several moles were removed while the Duchess of York, 64, was undergoing reconstructive surgery following a mastectomy, her representative told The Associated Press.
—Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2024
In September 2023, Mellencamp shared that she had been diagnosed with her 13th melanoma and had some ups and downs treating it.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
Your body has mechanisms in place that help to repair that DNA damage—but prolonged and/or excessive sun exposure ups the chances that your cells won’t recover, potentially leading to various types of skin cancers, including melanoma, the most serious kind.
—Jessica Chia, SELF, 9 Apr. 2024
Uveal melanoma is a cancer that is relatively rare but deadly and usually affects Caucasians.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2024
Conspicuously, higher-income individuals appear to be more at risk for melanoma.
—Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Nearly four decades after its first conception, the first TIL therapy, an immunotherapy that harvests cancer-fighting immune cells from the patient’s own body, received accelerated approval from the Food and Drug Administration for advanced melanoma.
—Angus Chen Reprints, STAT, 16 Feb. 2024
The therapy is not expected to work for every metastatic melanoma patient.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
The melanoma was discovered when several moles were removed while the Duchess of York, 64, was undergoing reconstructive surgery following a mastectomy, her representative told The Associated Press.
—Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2024
In September 2023, Mellencamp shared that she had been diagnosed with her 13th melanoma and had some ups and downs treating it.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
Your body has mechanisms in place that help to repair that DNA damage—but prolonged and/or excessive sun exposure ups the chances that your cells won’t recover, potentially leading to various types of skin cancers, including melanoma, the most serious kind.
—Jessica Chia, SELF, 9 Apr. 2024
Uveal melanoma is a cancer that is relatively rare but deadly and usually affects Caucasians.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
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melanoma
noun
mel·a·no·ma
ˌmel-ə-ˈnō-mə
plural melanomas also melanomata
-mət-ə
: a usually malignant tumor containing dark pigment
Medical Definition
melanoma
noun
mel·a·no·ma
ˌmel-ə-ˈnō-mə
plural melanomas also melanomata
-mət-ə
1
: a benign or malignant skin tumor containing dark pigment
2
: a tumor of high malignancy that starts in melanocytes of normal skin or moles and metastasizes rapidly and widely
called also malignant melanoma, melanocarcinoma, melanoepithelioma, melanosarcoma
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