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Malignant melanoma may develop anywhere on the body.
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What role does sun exposure have in non-Caucasian patients who develop malignant melanoma?
Malignant melanoma also affects non-Caucasians--though sun exposure probably does not play a role--at a rate of 10% that of Caucasians.
What percentage of malignant melanoma develops from a pre-existing mole?
Malignant melanoma may arise in the skin anywhere on the body. It is estimated that 50%-70% develop spontaneously while the remainder start in a pre-existing mole.
What factors create a predisposition to malignant melanoma?
The predisposing causes to the development of malignant melanoma are environmental and genetic.
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 must be understood about cell response in order to develop better treatment for malignant melanoma?
The development of new drugs to treat melanoma depends on a better understanding of the complex processes involved in apoptosis.
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
