| melanoma | term type: main entry term part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 9 definition: most serious type of skin cancer, which originates in cells that produce melanin. The main types of melanoma are: superficial spreading melanoma, nodular melanoma, acral-lentiginous melanoma, lentigo maligna melanoma and intraocular melanoma. Warning signs of melanoma include a change in size, shape, color or touch of a mole or bleeding from a mole. The most common treatment for melanoma is surgery although chemotherapy, radiation therapy and biological therapy may also be used. It occurs most frequently in white women and men over the age of 40 who have a lot of moles and light complexions. There is a greater incidence of melanoma among people with dysplastic nevi or people with xeroderma pigmentosum. (en) context (x): i_melano.txt origination date: 12/06/2002 |
| malignant melanoma | term type: synonym part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 9 definition: See melanoma (en) |
| cutaneous melanoma | term type: synonym part of speech: noun number: singular definition: See melanoma (en) reliability code: 9 |
| melanoma maligno cutáneo | definition: Uno de los tipos más graves de cáncer cutáneo que se origina en las células productoras de melanina. Los tipos de melanoma más importantes son: melanoma superficial expansivo, melanoma nodular, melanoma acral lentiginoso, lentigo maligna y melanoma intraocular. Los signos de melanoma comprenden cambio de tamaño, forma, color y tacto y hemorragia de un lunar. El tratamiento de elección para el melanoma lo constituye la cirugía, aunque se pueden emplear quimioterapia, radioterapia y terapia biológica. Presenta una incidencia mayor a partir de los 40 años y en personas con muchos lunares y complexión delgada y en pacientes con nevo displásico o xeroderma pigmentoso. (es) gender: masculine number: singular part of speech: noun reliability code: 10 term type: main entry term |