Crossword clues for melanoma
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
malignant melanoma \malignant melanoma\ n. (Med.), Any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes; called also melanoma. It is classed as a type of skin cancer.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"tumor containing melanin," 1826, medical Latin, from Greek melas (genitive melanos) "black" (see melanin) + -oma.
Wiktionary
n. (context oncology disease English) A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.
WordNet
n. any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes [syn: malignant melanoma]
[also: melanomata (pl)]
Wikipedia
Melanoma, also known as malignant melanoma, is a type of cancer that develops from the pigment-containing cells known as melanocytes. Melanomas typically occur in the skin but may rarely occur in the mouth, intestines, or eye. In women they most commonly occur on the legs, while in men they are most common on the back. Sometimes they develop from a mole with concerning changes including an increase in size, irregular edges, change in color, itchiness, or skin breakdown.
The primary cause of melanoma is ultraviolet light (UV) exposure in those with low levels of skin pigment. The UV light may be from either the sun or from other sources, such as tanning devices. About 25% develop from moles. Those with many moles, a history of affected family members, and who have poor immune function are at greater risk. A number of rare genetic defects such as xeroderma pigmentosum also increase risk. Diagnosis is by biopsy of any concerning skin lesion.
Avoiding UV light and the use of sunscreen may prevent melanoma. Treatment is typically removal by surgery. In those with slightly larger cancers, nearby lymph nodes may be tested for spread. Most people are cured if spread has not occurred. For those in whom melanoma has spread, immunotherapy, biologic therapy, radiation therapy, or chemotherapy may improve survival. With treatment the five-year survival rates in the United States is 98% among those with localized disease and 17% among those in whom spread has occurred. The likelihood that it will come back or spread depends how thick the melanoma is, how fast the cells are dividing, and whether or not the overlying skin has broken down.
Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. Globally, in 2012, it occurred in 232,000 people and resulted in 55,000 deaths. Australia and New Zealand have the highest rates of melanoma in the world. There are also high rates in Europe and North America while it is less common in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Melanoma is more common in men than women. Melanoma has become more common since the 1960s in areas that are mostly Caucasian.
Usage examples of "melanoma".
They were the House of God disasters, mostly young men and women with horrible diseases just past cure and just our side of death, diseases with rotting names like leukemia, melanoma, hepatoma, lymphoma, carcinoma, and all the other horrendomas for which there was no cure in this world or in any other.
In a few instances, there seemed to be significant shrinkage of metastatic melanoma and kidney cancer.
Melanoma, Miasma, Treblinka, and Polyploidy in favor of one that sounded safe: Salmonella.
The miles of night between Marla and me offer insects and melanomas and flesh-eating viruses.
Even the melanomas on her arms and the back of her neck have disappeared.
These blocks were required of all the settlers because of the tremendous increase in melanomas that were experienced on their earlier journeys.
Ours was a glamorous career, despite the slight risk of developing melanoma T, the vicious carcinoma triggered by long exposure to fusion fields.
Graveline was not alarmed, because he knew how Chemo had come to look this way: It was not melanoma, but a freak electrolysis accident in Scranton, many years before.
I can reverse carcinomatous progressions, even the dreaded melanomae, what you would call black cancers.
Bone cancer, breast cancer, liver cancer, and melanoma - skin cancer, in other words - are the most common.
The malignant melanoma form, which does kill, affects places like the soles of the feet and underarm as well as exposed areas, and there is more of it in Sweden than in Spain.
The trouble I've been having with my toe is due to a rather vicious disorder, malignant melanoma.
Sunscreen lotions protect well against the less serious forms of skin cancer, but they have little or no ability to prevent melanoma.