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- American Academy of Dermatology: ABCDs of Melanoma Detection - Look for Danger Signs in Pigmented Lesions of the Skin.
www.aad.org/SkinCancerNews/WhatIsSkinCancer/ABCDMel.html
- Canadian Melanoma Foundation - Offers contact information for donation to the Canadian Melanoma Foundation.
www.derm.ubc.ca/division/cmf/cmf1.htm
- Diagnosis of Melanoma - How to Recognize a Melanoma. Created as a tutorial for medical students.
matrix.ucdavis.edu/tumors/new/tutorial-intro.html
- Early Diagnosis of Melanoma - The computers in medicine: an aided diagnosis. Scientific site with many publications provided by the authors.
www.skinlesions.net
- How is Melanoma Treated - Treatment information from NCI for patients and general public. Written in lay language.
www.ontumor.com/melanoma/treatment_pt
- M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Melanoma - Learn about new melanoma treatment procedures and clinical trials as well as skin cancer prevention and screening options. Explore information about ocular melanomas.
www.mdanderson.org/diseases/melanoma
- Malignant Melanoma - Links to current articles on research and treatment of melanoma.
digilander.iol.it/camdic/nevo.html
- Melanoma Black Ribbon - Melanoma means "black tumor". Black is the color of the warrior's mood when going into battle and the melanoma patient is in the battle for life.
www.tustison.com/blackribbon.shtml
- Melanoma CancerLinksUSA - General information, suggested reading, prevention, treatments, clinical trials, and a message board.
www.cancerlinksusa.com/melanoma/index.htm
- Melanoma FAQ - This FAQ was written as a public service, and is intended as an educational aid.
www.mwt.net/~ctustis/melfaq.html
- Melanoma Patient Educator and Counselor - Melanoma patient educator and counselor at Melanoma Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
www.melanomasupport.com
- Melanoma Patients' Information Page - Information and support to melanoma patients and those who care for them. Medical library, patient oriented abstract database, bulletin board, chat room.
www.mpip.org
- Melanoma Research Foundation Home Page - The MRF also serves as a resource for melanoma patients, their families and friends. Please share in our quest to conquer this deadly disease.
www.melanoma.org
- Melanoma Study Group - An interdisciplinary group of clinicians and scientists at the Mayo Clinic, developing new and more effective therapies for malignant melanoma. Offers details about the group and clinical trials.
www.mayo.edu/research/melanoma
- MELARIS - a Predictive Medicine Test for Melanoma - MELARIS is used to assess an individual's risk of developing melanoma based on the detection of inherited mutations in the p16 (CDKN2A) gene.
www.myriad.com/pr/20010927.html
- Mole Melanoma Site - High quality photographs of melanomas, along with descriptive information intended to help people recognize the changes in moles and appearance of other skin lesions that could indicate malignant melanoma.
www.dermatology.org/molemelanoma/introduction.html
- National Cancer Institute Melanoma Directory - Information geared for patients from the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Net.
www.cancer.gov/CancerInformation/CancerType/melanoma
- National Melanoma Foundation - Information about this non-profit charity as well as the services offered. This is an interactive site for gathering accurate information, with physician review and learning more about this disease.
nationalmelanoma.org
- Northern California Melanoma Center - A central resource for information including ground breaking new protocols.
www.melanomacenter.com
- Ocular Melanoma Hub - Links to clinical trials, research programs, abstract and full text articles.
www.knowdeep.org/melanoma
- Ocular Melanoma Metastatic to the Liver - This extensive information is the result of the author's research about a cancer which afflicted a family member. Includes directeion about where to look for answers; and what questions to ask.
www.lafn.org/~bc534/OcularMelMets.htm
- The Cancer Information Network - Melanoma - A physician guided site provides information and resources for melanoma patients and general public.
www.thecancer.info/melanoma/index.asp
- The Melanoma Foundation - This foundation was established by the Univ. of Sydney in Australia to foster the prevention, research, and treatment into melanoma and related skin cancers.
www.med.usyd.edu.au/medicine/melanoma/index.htm
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center: Melanoma Information - An increased awareness of melanoma and the importance of skin-cancer screening have allowed doctors to diagnosis a greater number of melanoma cases early.
www.upmc.edu/healthmed/services/Cancer/Melanoma/default.htm
- Vaccination Therapy for Melanoma - Information about a vaccination protocol, which takes advantage of the body`s own immune cells. Includes references, a treatment schedule, side effects, costs, links and contact details.
www-usz.unizh.ch/dcv/home.htm
- Weizmann Institute of Science: Genetic Change in Jewish Melanoma - Scientific research paper describes the molecular genetics research of the inherited condition in Jews, as presented by the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
www.weizmann.ac.il/~csyakob
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