Definitions for melanoma
ˌmɛl əˈnoʊ mə; -mə təmelanoma

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1. melanoma, malignant melanomanoun

   any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes

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1. Melanomanoun

   A tumor containing dark pigment. Such tumors are usually malignant and often fatal. (b) Development of dark-pigmented tumors.

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1. melanomanoun

   A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.

2. Etymology: from and -oma.

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1. Melanoma

   Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes. Melanocytes produce the dark pigment, melanin, which is responsible for the color of skin. These cells predominantly occur in skin, but are also found in other parts of the body, including the bowel and the eye. Melanoma can originate in any part of the body that contains melanocytes. Melanoma is less common than other skin cancers. However, it is much more dangerous if it is not found early. It causes the majority of deaths related to skin cancer. Worldwide, doctors diagnose about 160,000 new cases of melanoma yearly. In women, the most common site is the legs and melanomas in men are most common on the back. It is particularly common among Caucasians, especially northwestern Europeans living in sunny climates. There are high rates of incidence in Oceania, Northern America, Europe, Southern Africa, and Latin America, with a paradoxical decrease in southern Italy and Sicily. This geographic pattern reflects the primary cause, ultraviolet light exposure crossed with the amount of skin pigmentation in the population. According to a WHO report, about 48,000 melanoma related deaths occur worldwide per year.

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1. Melanoma

   A malignant neoplasm derived from cells that are capable of forming melanin, which may occur in the skin of any part of the body, in the eye, or, rarely, in the mucous membranes of the genitalia, anus, oral cavity, or other sites. It occurs mostly in adults and may originate de novo or from a pigmented nevus or malignant lentigo. Melanomas frequently metastasize widely, and the regional lymph nodes, liver, lungs, and brain are likely to be involved. The incidence of malignant skin melanomas is rising rapidly in all parts of the world. (Stedman, 25th ed; from Rook et al., Textbook of Dermatology, 4th ed, p2445)

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of melanoma in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of melanoma in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of melanoma in a Sentence

1. Marc Werner:

   There are many eye diseases that can cause loss of vision (glaucoma, macular degeneration), or loss of life (ocular melanoma), which may have no signs or symptoms but can be detected during a thorough eye exam.

2. Poulam Patel:

   The Results also suggest that melanoma will continue to be a health issue over the coming years, and we will need to find effective strategies to accurately diagnose and successfully treat patients.

3. Manmeet Ahluwalia:

   There is a great deal of excitement about some of the immunotherapy-based approaches in treatment of glioblastoma, immunotherapy has been shown to be promising in a number of other cancers, like lung cancer and melanoma. We are currently evaluating a number of such approaches. The ones which are most furthest along are some trials that are evaluating nivolumab, which is an anti-PD1 therapy in combination with chemotherapy and radiation.

4. Bav Shergill:

   Basal cell carcinoma is a non-melanoma skin cancer and its the most common type of skin cancer, accounting for over 80 percent of all skin cancer cases in the UK, the commonest cause is too much exposure to UV light from the sun or from sunbeds. BCC can occur anywhere on your body, but is most common on areas that are often exposed to the sun.

5. Merck Co Inc:

   Keytruda is the first anti-PD-1 therapy to demonstrate a survival advantage compared to the standard of care for the first-line treatment of advanced melanoma.

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