cancer diagnosis and treatment

1. What is melanoma? The term melanoma implies a malignant tumor; malignant melanoma is redundant. The most malignant of all skin cancers, melanoma usually forms from a preexisting nevus or mole but…

8. Are any groups at low risk for melanoma formation? Children younger than 10 years, African Americans, Asians, Native Americans, and dark-complected whites are at low risk. 9. What are common site…

16. What are the Breslow and Clark classifications of melanoma invasion? Clark selected five levels of melanoma thickness in the skin: Level I-intradermal melanoma that does not metastasize; may be …