…already spread. In some rare cases, a skin biopsy reveals metastasized melanoma, not a primary melanoma tumor. And in other…

Without intervention today, the number of people affected by melanoma will skyrocket. The World Health Organization warns that new diagnoses…

…the BRAF mutation that is observed in 50% of melanoma tumors. And two, in one study, many melanomas from Black…

…related to the original melanoma. This new melanoma is called a new primary melanoma. It is not uncommon to have…

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Surgery to remove the tumor is the primary treatment of all stages of melanoma. A wide local excision is used…

…More About Moles & Melanoma Family and Personal History The risk of melanoma is over two times higher in people…

…Read more Stage I Melanoma (localized tumor) In Stage I melanoma, there are cancer cells in both the epidermis and…

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…cancers, especially melanoma. Melanoma survivors have an approximately 9-fold increased risk of developing subsequent melanoma compared with the general population.[1]…