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• n  any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes

• melanoma

News & Articles

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• Yourwellness Magazine Follows Up Obesity Gene and Gender Study
  With a new study finding that weight gain in men and women is predicted by two different genetic variations, Yourwellness Magazine investigated another study which linked malignant melanoma to the same gene that has already been associated with weight gain and obesity. (PRWeb June 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10773861.htm
  June 14, 2013 - PRWeb
• As Cancer Deaths Fall, Malignant-Melanoma Rates Climb (Op-Ed)
  Dr. Doris Day, a dermatologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The American Cancer Society reports that death rates for many cancers in the United States have fallen — but that's not the case for melanoma. In fact, the numbers are only getting worse: One person dies from malignant melanoma every hour in the U.S. With ...
  June 13, 2013 - LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News