malignant melanoma

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(Med.) Any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes; called also melanoma. It is classed as a type of skin cancer.

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malignant melanoma - any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes

melanoma

skin cancer - a malignant neoplasm of the skin

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melanoma skin cancer			Tanning on sunbeds before the age of 35 has been linked to a 75% increased risk of developing malignant melanoma. Teens given sunbed warning by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) Deaths from malignant melanoma 2004 to 2006 per 100,000 population (average number of deaths per year in brackets) Middlesbrough 2. Deaths lowest in our region by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) In 2007 there were 7,076 new cases of nonmelanoma skin cancer and 667 new cases of malignant melanoma skin cancer. Sunbeds as dangerous as cigarettes & asbestos; CALL TO BAN UNDER-18s ... by The Mirror (London, England)			Malic malic acid malice malice aforethought Malicho malicious Malicious abandonment malicious falsehood malicious gossip malicious mischief Malicious prosecution malicious slander malicious wounding maliciously maliciousness malign Malignance malignancy malignant malignant anaemia malignant anemia malignant hepatoma malignant hypertension malignant hyperthermia Malignant lymphoma malignant melanoma malignant neoplasm malignant neoplastic disease malignant neuroma malignant pustule Malignant sore throat malignant tumor malignantly maligned maligner malignify malignity Malignly malignment malihini malik malimprinted Malines malinger malingerer malingering Malingery Malinke malinois Malinowski Maliseet			Malignant Lymphoepithelial lesion with Anaplastic Carcinomatous Change malignant lymphoma malignant lymphoma malignant lymphoma malignant lymphoma malignant lymphoma (histiocytic) malignant lymphoma (histiocytic) malignant lymphoma (histiocytic) malignant lymphoma (mixed cell) malignant lymphoma (mixed cell) malignant lymphoma (mixed cell) malignant lymphoma (poorly differentiated lymphocytic) malignant lymphoma (poorly differentiated lymphocytic) malignant lymphoma (poorly differentiated lymphocytic) malignant lymphoma (undifferentiated) malignant lymphoma (undifferentiated) malignant lymphoma (undifferentiated) Malignant Lymphoma Diffuse Large Cell Malignant Lymphoma of Waldeyer's Ring Malignant Lymphomas Malignant Lymphomas of Histiocytic Type malignant malaria malignant malaria malignant malaria malignant malnutrition malignant malnutrition malignant malnutrition Malignant Mammary Epithelial Cell Malignant mastocytosis Malignant mastocytosis malignant melanoma malignant melanoma in situ malignant melanoma in situ Malignant Melanoma of Soft Parts Malignant Melanoma of Soft Parts Malignant Mesenchymal Tumor malignant mesenchymoma malignant mesothelioma Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction malignant midline reticulosis malignant midline reticulosis Malignant Migrating Partial Seizures in Infancy Malignant Mixed Mesodermal Tumor Malignant Mixed Mesodermal Tumor Malignant Mixed Mullerian Tumor Malignant Mixed Mullerian Tumors of the Ovary malignant mole malignant myopia malignant myopia malignant myopia Malignant narcissism Malignant Necrotizing Otitis Externa malignant neoplasm malignant neoplasm malignant neoplasm Malignant neoplasms Malignant neoplasms Malignant neoplasms malignant neoplastic disease malignant nephrosclerosis malignant nephrosclerosis

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