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the most serious, life-threatening form of skin cancer.
출처: www.umm.edu/women/glossary.htm
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| melanoma |
A type of cancer that arises in melanocytes, the cells that produce melanin. Melanoma occurs most often in the skin but may also develop in the eye or in the lining of the nose, mouth, or genitals. Melanoma is the least common but the most deadly skin cancer, accounting for only about 4% of all cases but 79% of skin cancer deaths
출처: www.melanomacenter.org/glossary/m.html
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| melanoma |
Pigmented mole or tumor. It may or may not be cancerous.
출처: www.pregnancy-info.net/newprgnancyarticle13-3.html
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| melanoma |
a tumor arising from the melanocytic system of the skin and other organs. When used alone, the term refers to malignant melanoma. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary 27th edition; entry for melanoma A malignant neoplasm derived from cells that are capable of forming melanin, which may occur in the skin of any part of the body, in the eye, or, rarely, in the mucous membranes of the genitalia, anus, oral cavity, or other sites. ...
출처: eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/dermUW/lang/term2.htm...
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| melanoma |
cancer of a type of skin cell called melanocytes, often metastasising to internal organs. Melanomas are induced by exposure to high levels of UV radiation, and are of particular concern in Queensland and at QIMR.
출처: www.qimr.edu.au/qimr_glossary.html
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