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Coping with Cancer
Managing side effects and complications caused by cancer and its treatment.
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Support and Resources
Information about cancer support organizations, finances, insurance, home care, and hospice care.
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Educational Materials About Clinical Trials
Types of trials, how they work, risks and benefits of taking part.
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Healing philosophies, approaches, and therapies used in addition to, or instead of, conventional cancer treatments.
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Definition of melanoma: A form of cancer that begins in melanocytes (cells that make the pigment melanin). It may begin in a mole (skin melanoma), but can also begin in other pigmented tissues, such as in the eye or in the intestines.
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New cases: 62,480
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Deaths: 8,420
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See the online booklet What You Need To Know About Melanoma to learn about melanoma symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and questions to ask the doctor.
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Information about treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and vaccine therapy
Melanoma Treatment [patient] [health professional]
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Clinical Trials to Treat Melanoma
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Intraocular (Eye) Melanoma Treatment [patient] [health professional]
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Clinical Trials to Treat Intraocular (Eye) Melanoma
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Melanoma Therapy Response Tied to Autoimmunity
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Metastatic Cancer: Q&A
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Information related to prevention, genetics, risk factors
Skin Cancer Prevention [patient] [health professional]
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Clinical Trials to Prevent Skin Cancer (Nonmelanoma)
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Melanoma Incidence Among Young Women Is Rising
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Melanoma Risk Assessment Tool
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Cancer Risk: Understanding the Puzzle
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Understanding Gene Testing
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Search: Cancer Genetics Services Directory
Information about methods of cancer detection including new imaging technologies, tumor markers, and biopsy procedures
Skin Cancer Screening [patient] [health professional]
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Interpreting Laboratory Test Results
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Tumor Markers: Q&A
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Information and current news about clinical trials and trial-related data
Melanoma Trial Results
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Clinical Trials for Melanoma
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How to Find a Cancer Treatment Trial
Resources available from the PubMed database
Cancer Topic Searches: Skin Cancers and Melanoma
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Cancer Topic Searches: Cancer Genetics
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Cancer Literature in PubMed
Includes NCI-supported research, funding opportunities, and special reports
Cancer Trends Progress Report: Sun Protection
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Skin SPOREs
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NCI Funded Research Portfolio
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State of the Science: Melanoma Meeting
Information related to cancer incidence, mortality, and survival
Cancer Stat Fact Sheet: Melanoma of the Skin
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Snapshot of Melanoma
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Finding Cancer Statistics
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Understanding Cancer Statistics
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