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Of the anticipated new cases of cancer for the year 2003 in the United States, malignant melanoma will account for 5% of malignancies in men and 4% in women, being the sixth most common cancer in men and the seventh in women.
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What is the most common form of malignant melanoma in African Americans?
The most common form of melanoma in African Americans is acral lentiginous melanoma.
Where does malignant melanoma develop?
Malignant melanoma may develop anywhere on the body.
What factors create a predisposition to malignant melanoma?
The predisposing causes to the development of malignant melanoma are environmental and genetic.
What is the the deadliest form of skin cancer?
Malignant Melanoma. Also the least common, fortunately.
Is melanoma dominant or recessive?
is malignant melanoma dominant or recessive
What epidermal layer does malignant melanoma arise?
Malignant melanoma arises in the Stratum basale layer of the epidermal layer.
What is the clinical staging of malignant melanoma based on?
Malignant melanoma is locally staged based on the depth of penetration through the skin and its appendages.
How many forms of malignant melanoma exist?
Malignant degeneration of the melanocyte gives rise to the tumor known as melanoma, which has four subtypes.
Where do most malignant melanoma develop in women and men?
In men, it is most common on the trunk. In women, it is most common on the back or legs.
What is a malignant melanoma?
skin tumour/cancer
What kind of metastasis can occur regionally in malignant melanoma?
There is also a special type of metastasis that can occur regionally with malignant melanoma; it is known as an in-transit metastasis.
What is the medical term meaning cancerous tumor composed of melanocytes?
malignant melanoma
