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Books on: melanoma

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Confronting Cancer: How to Care for Today and Tomorrow

Book by Michael M. Sherry; Insight Books, 1994

Subjects:

Cancer--Popular Works

Collections: Entire Library

'Confronting Cancer' is a practical and readily understandable resource book that interprets the complexities of cancer for the patient, family, and medical personnel. In order to guide the patient through the phases of the disease, Dr. Sherry, and experienced cancer specialist, has organized the ...
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'Confronting Cancer' is a practical and readily understandable resource book that interprets the complexities of cancer for the patient, family, and medical personnel. In order to guide the patient through the phases of the disease, Dr. Sherry, and experienced cancer specialist, has organized the book into three parts: Part one distinctive nature of specific cancers and explains the basic rationale for treatment, Part two discusses orthodox and unorthodox therapies; Part three details common problems encountered by the patient.
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The Woman Who Lost Her Skin: (And Other Dermatological Tales)

Book by Robert A. Norman; Routledge, 2004

Subjects:

Dermatology, Skin--Anecdotes, Skin--Diseases, Skin--Miscellanea, Skin--Pathophysiology

Collections: Entire Library

An inspirational collection of tales, they explain ailments of the skin, including melanoma, warts, albinism, & toxic epidermal necrolysis. Rob Norman explores the history & etiology of each condition & talks the reader through diagnosis.
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Should I Be Tested for Cancer? Maybe Not and Here's Why

Book by H. Gilbert Welch; University of California Press, 2004

Subjects:

Cancer--Diagnosis--Popular Works, Cancer--Popular Works, Medical Screening--Popular Works

Collections: Entire Library

A physician and public health expert challenges the notion that detecting cancer early always saves lives.
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Child Health and the Environment

Book by Donald T. Wigle; Oxford University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Children--Health Risk Assessment, Environmentally Induced Diseases In Children, Pediatric Toxicology

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...childhood is a major determinant of adult melanoma risk. This book explores potential...intense childhood sun exposure in malignant melanoma and its possible links to cataracts...other countries during recent decades: melanoma, thyroid cancer (especially among females...
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Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment

Book by Sandra Steingraber; Addison-Wesley, 1997

Subjects:

Cancer--Environmental Aspects, Environmental Toxicology

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...breast, kidney, prostate, esophagus, skin melanoma , bone marrow multiple myeloma , and...most swiftly in the United States are melanoma of the skin, non-Hodgkins lymphoma...galloping forward at the fastest rate. Melanoma accounts for only 5 percent of all skin...

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Journal Articles on: melanoma

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Why Males Are More at Risk for Melanoma

Journal article by Ernie Hood; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 112, 2004

Subjects:

Genetic research, Melanoma

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Why Males Are More at Risk for Melanoma. by Ernie Hood A team of researchers...gene previously implicated in malignant melanoma, could account for a substantial proportion...women. The sporadic form of malignant melanoma accounts for about 90% of melanoma cases...
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Linking Toenail Arsenic Content to Cutaneous Melanoma

Journal article by Jerry Phelps; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 113, 2005

Subjects:

Melanoma--Nutritional aspects, Melanoma--Research, Skin cancer--Nutritional aspects, Skin cancer--Research

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...Toenail Arsenic Content to Cutaneous Melanoma. by Jerry Phelps Beane...Toenail arsenic content and cutaneous melanoma in Iowa. Am J Epidemiol 160:679-987...possible links between arsenic and cutaneous melanoma. Now NIEHS grantees Laura E. Beane Freeman...
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A New Strategy for Evaluating the Impact of Epidemiologic Risk Factors for Cancer with Application to Melanoma

Journal article by Colin B. Begg, Jaya M. Satagopan, Marianne Berwick; Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 93, 1998

Subjects:

Cancer--Risk factors, Melanoma--Risk factors, Risk factors (Health)--Models

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...Factors for Cancer with Application to Melanoma. by Colin B. Begg , Jaya M...Henderson, Ross, and Pike (1991). For melanoma, the focus of this article, Armstrong...have estimated that upwards of 65% of melanomas worldwide are due to sun exposure...
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Separate Estimation of Primary and Secondary Cancer Preventive Impact: Analysis of a Case-Control Study of Skin Self-Examination and Melanoma

Journal article by Colin B. Begg, Ying Huang, Marianne Berwick; Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 91, 1996

Subjects:

Cancer prevention--Prevention, Cancer--Prevention, Melanoma--Diagnosis, Self examination (Medical)--Analysis, Self-examination, Medical--Analysis

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...Case-Control Study of Skin Self-Examination and Melanoma. by Colin B. Begg , Ying Huang...self-examination (SSE) in reducing mortality from melanoma. The series of cases comprised 650 subjects diagnosed with primary cutaneous melanoma between January 1987 and May 1989, identified...
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Polymorphisms in Nucleotide Excision Repair Genes, Arsenic Exposure, and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer in New Hampshire

Journal article by Katie M. Applebaum, Margaret R. Karagas, David J. Hunter, Paul J. Catalano, Steven H. Byler, Steve Morris, Heather H. Nelson; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 115, 2007

Subjects:

Arsenic--Complications and side effects, Arsenic--Research, Genetic polymorphisms--Research, Skin cancer--Causes of, Skin cancer--Research, United States--Environmental aspects

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...Repair Genes, Arsenic Exposure, and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer in New Hampshire. by...damage and repair in patients with non-melanoma skin cancer and referents with and without...The XPC poly-AT polymorphism in non-melanoma skin cancer. Cancer Lett 222:205-209...

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Magazine Articles on: melanoma

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The Menace of Melanoma

Magazine article by Jen Waters; World and I, Vol. 19, September 2004

Subjects:

Melanoma--Causes of, Melanoma--Prevention, Melanoma--Risk factors

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The Menace of Melanoma. by Jen Waters Jen Waters...years later, Lichtenstein developed melanoma, a form of skin cancer. The growth on...The number of people developing melanoma is increasing faster than the number...
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No Safe Tan

Magazine article by Alexandra Greeley; FDA Consumer, Vol. 25, May 1991

Subjects:

Melanoma--Risk factors, Radiation effects--Physiological aspects, Skin cancer--Diagnosis, Skin, Effect of radiation on the--Physiological aspects, Skin--Physiological aspects, Suntan--Physiological aspects, Ultraviolet radiation--Physiological aspects

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...are three main types of skin cancer--melanoma, basal-cell carcinoma, and squamous-cell carcinoma. The deadliest of these is melanoma, but squanous-cell carcinoma is also...Thirty-five thousand more were diagnosed with melanoma in 1990. The rate of melanomas has...
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A Safe Place in the Sun

Magazine article by Karen Goldberg Goff; Insight on the News, Vol. 15, August 30, 1999

Subjects:

Melanoma--Prevention, Skin cancer--Prevention, Suntan--Health aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...old mother of two was diagnosed with melanoma, a potentially deadly form of skin cancer...helpful in preventing a recurrence of melanoma. "I did this to myself," she says...Americans were diagnosed with malignant melanoma in 1998, and 7,300 died from the disease...
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Rise in Number of Skin Cancer Cases: More Cases Reported Suggest More Being Screened

Magazine article by Patrick Tucker; The Futurist, Vol. 41, November 2007

Subjects:

American Academy of Dermatology--Reports, American Academy of Dermatology--Statistics, Melanoma--Reports, Melanoma--Statistics, Skin cancer--Reports, Skin cancer--Statistics

Collections: Entire Library

...Tucker More than 108,000 new cases of melanoma--the most dangerous form of skin cancer...Academy of Dermatology. Diagnoses of melanoma increased by more than 1% per year in...same period. "While the increase in melanoma rates from 1995 to 2004 was not specific...
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Multiple Melanomas Can Be Cured

Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 125, October 1996

Subjects:

Melanoma--Research

Collections: Entire Library

Multiple Melanomas Can Be Cured. Multiple primary melanomas do not necessarily imply a poorer prognosis, according...prognosis is the same as that of the original, or thickest, melanoma," notes Stephan Ariyan, surgical director, Yale Melanoma...

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Newspaper Articles on: melanoma

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TOMMY BURNS CANCER BATTLE; Exclusive Hoops Hero Treated for Melanoma

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), March 30, 2006

Subjects:

Melanoma, Skin cancer

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...BATTLE; Exclusive Hoops Hero Treated for Melanoma. Byline: By John Ferguson CELTIC...assistant manager has been diagnosed with melanoma - skin cancer - and is now undergoing...and Jonathan, 14. He was diagnosed with melanoma after a scan. The disease is almost always...
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Tanning at Your Peril; Unseen Damage: Youngsters Who Use Sunbeds Raise Their Risk of Developing Melanoma by 75 per Cent

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 8, 2008

Subjects:

Cancer research--Statistics, Cancer--Research, Cancer--Statistics, Melanoma--Statistics, Oncology, Experimental--Statistics, Skin cancer--Statistics

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Sunbeds Raise Their Risk of Developing Melanoma by 75 per Cent. Byline: Fiona MacRae...cent morelikely to develop malignant melanoma. Although artificial tanning later in...for Cancer Research UK found. Malignant melanoma is the deadliest of skin cancers and...
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REAL LIFE: BORN SURVIVOR - OIOve Cheated Death twiceO; When Rachel Thomasson, 29, Found She Had a Malignant Melanoma, She Was Devastated. Little Did She Know Her Terrifying Ordeal Had Only Just begun[ETH]

Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), November 20, 2005

Subjects:

Melanoma

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Thomasson, 29, Found She Had a Malignant Melanoma, She Was Devastated. Little Did She Know...O he said, Obut you have a malignant melanoma.O My sister, Mel, worked for Cancer Research...years before I have the all-clear for the melanoma. However, IOve learned not to take life...
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Neighbors Show Spirit of Holidays Friends Put Up Lights for Woman with Melanoma

Newspaper article by Steve Zalusky; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 27, 2006

Subjects:

Hoffman Estates, Melanoma

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Show Spirit of Holidays Friends Put Up Lights for Woman with Melanoma. by Steve Zalusky Byline: Steve Zalusky Daily Herald...last for the Kaphengst family. In 2001, Amy was diagnosed with melanoma. She said it didnt hit her with full force until 2005, when...
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Health: Are You Heading for Skin Cancer? Have Bad Sun Habits in the Past Put You at Risk of Deadly Melanoma in the Future? and What Warnings Should You Pick Up from Your Skin?

Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), June 27, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...in the Past Put You at Risk of Deadly Melanoma in the Future? and What Warnings Should...cancer as those living in Australia. Melanoma is now the third most common cancer in...between a cure and a death sentence because melanoma is a very aggressive cancer, with no...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: melanoma

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Melanoma

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

MELANOMA see skin cancer . ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.
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Skin Cancer

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Rarer forms include mycosis fungoides (a type of...that, when mutated, causes basal cell carcinoma. Melanoma Melanoma is the most virulent type of skin cancer and the...
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Birthmark

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and are either flat or raised above the surface of the skin. They are usually benign, but do rarely develop into malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer . The so-called port-wine stains and strawberry marks involve vascular tissue. The flat port-wine...

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