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2. FDA approves groundbreaking treatment for advanced melanoma - AOL

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   Friday’s approval is only for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, but experts say it holds promise for treating other solid tumors, which account for 90% of all cancers.

3. Skin cancer - Wikipedia

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   [67]: 29, 31 Even though it is much less common, malignant melanoma is responsible for 75% of all skin cancer-related deaths. [68] The survival rate for people with melanoma depends upon when they start treatment. The cure rate is very high when melanoma is detected in early stages, when it can easily be removed surgically.

4. What is malignant melanoma? - AOL

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   Sarah, Duchess of York has been diagnosed with malignant melanoma following the removal of a cancerous mole during treatment for breast cancer. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that can spread to ...

5. Melanoma - Wikipedia

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   The likelihood that melanoma will reoccur or spread depends on its thickness, how fast the cells are dividing, and whether or not the overlying skin has broken down. [2] Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. [2] Globally, in 2012, it newly occurred in 232,000 people. [2]

6. New cell-based therapy for melanoma more effective than ... - AOL

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   A new therapy for metastatic melanoma was shown to be more effective than a leading immunotherapy for the skin cancer. New cell-based therapy for melanoma more effective than existing treatment ...

7. Superficial spreading melanoma - Wikipedia

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   Treatment is by excisional biopsy, wide local excision and possibly sentinel node biopsy. Localized melanoma, which has not spread beyond the skin, has a very good prognosis with low recurrence rates. Spread of disease to local lymph nodes or distant sites (typically brain, bone, skin and lung) marks a decidedly poor prognosis.