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Melanoma, Popular works, Mélanome, Mole (Dermatology), Ouvrages de vulgarisation, Melanosis, Nevus, Popular Works, Nævus, Coping with illness, Oncology, Popular medicine, Health Education, Skin Cancer, Health & Fitness, Consumer Health, Health/Fitness, Diseases - Cancer, Diseases - Skin, General, Health & Fitness / General, Reference, Healthy Living, Dermatology, Skin, cancer, Cancer, prevention, Cancer, treatmentShowing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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What You Really Need to Know about Moles and Melanoma (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)
September 7, 2000, The Johns Hopkins University Press
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in English
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What You Really Need to Know about Moles and Melanoma (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)
September 7, 2000, The Johns Hopkins University Press
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What you really need to know about moles and melanoma
2000, Johns Hopkins University Press, The Johns Hopkins University Press
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Table of Contents
Melanoma: Recognizing and Preventing It
What Is Malignant Melanoma?
The Structure of Skin
Melanocytes
What Is Cancer?
Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers
About Pigmented Lesions
Freckles
Seborrheic Keratoses
Lentigos
Nevi
What Causes Melanoma, and Why Are So Many People Getting It?
The Multiple Hit Theory
About Invasive Melanoma
The Rising Incidence of Melanoma
What Is Causing This "Epidemic" of Melanoma?
Do Genes Affect a Person's Chances of Developing Melanoma?
Skin Warning Signs
The Appearance of a Normal Mole
What to Watch For
Amelanotic Melanoma
Premalignant Lentigos
Who Can Help Monitor Moles?
What Is Your Risk? The Risk Factors for Melanoma
Changing Moles
Number of Moles
Atypical Moles
Congenital Moles
Intense, Intermittent Sun Exposure
Prior Severe Sunburns
Melanoma in a Close Relative
Personal History of Melanoma
Skin Type
Hair Color
Age
Gender
Suppression of the Immune System
Prior PUVA Treatments to the Skin
Xeroderma Pigmentosa
Atypical Mole Syndrome
Prevention, Early Detection, and Education
Simple Preventive Measures That Could Save Your Life
Save the Children
Early Detection
Education
Melanoma: Diagnosis and Treatment
Diagnosing and Treating the Primary Lesion
Removing the Primary Lesion
What the Pathologist Sees
Treating the Primary Lesion
Questions Patients Often Ask
Staging, Treatment Decisions, Prognosis, and Follow-Up
Staging
Testing and the Limits of Early Diagnosis
Treatment Decisions: What Research Studies Tell Us
Evaluation and Treatment of Regional Lymph Nodes at the Time of Diagnosis
Prognosis and Follow-Up
Adjuvant Therapy
Immunotherapy
Radiation Therapy
Chemotherapy
Vitamins and Diet
Changes in Lifestyle
Treating Advanced Melanoma
More about Metastases
Will Treatment Help?
Treating Regional Lymph Node Recurrence
In Transit Metastases
Treating Systemic Metastases
Surgical Removal of Metastases
The Treatment of Brain Metastases
New and Experimental Treatments
Alternative Treatments
Managing Pain and the End of Life
The Physician's Point of View
Taking Care of the Whole Patient
A Look at Hospices
Melanoma: Less Common Types and Melanoma Research
Unusual Forms of Melanoma
Noncutaneous Forms of Melanoma
Less Common Forms of Cutaneous Melanoma
Unusual Populations for Melanoma
What's New in Melanoma Research?
Laboratory Research in Melanoma
Clinical Research in Melanoma
Finding Out More
Guide to Resources for People with Cancer.
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