melanoma
noun
mel·a·no·ma
ˌme-lə-ˈnō-mə 
plural melanomas also melanomata
ˌme-lə-ˈnō-mə-tə
1
: a tumor containing dark pigment
2
: a highly malignant tumor that starts in melanocytes of normal skin or moles and metastasizes rapidly and widely
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But the cancer burden is also now disproportionately borne by women for liver cancer, melanoma, and lung cancer.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 23 Jan. 2025
Noticing any new changes to your skin, especially if a new growth pops up, only naturally sets off a series of internal alarm bells: Is that a mole, a wart, a melanoma?
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Also increasing are colorectal cancers among people under 65, as well as prostate cancer, melanoma and pancreatic cancer.
—Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Some common cancers have also seen an increase in diagnoses, including breast (female), prostate, pancreatic, uterine corpus, melanoma (female), liver (female) and oral cancers associated with the human papillomavirus, the report stated.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 23 Jan. 2025
Noticing any new changes to your skin, especially if a new growth pops up, only naturally sets off a series of internal alarm bells: Is that a mole, a wart, a melanoma?
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Also increasing are colorectal cancers among people under 65, as well as prostate cancer, melanoma and pancreatic cancer.
—Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Some common cancers have also seen an increase in diagnoses, including breast (female), prostate, pancreatic, uterine corpus, melanoma (female), liver (female) and oral cancers associated with the human papillomavirus, the report stated.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
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melanoma
noun
mel·a·no·ma
ˌmel-ə-ˈnō-mə
plural melanomas also melanomata
-mət-ə
: a usually malignant tumor containing dark pigment
Medical Definition
melanoma
noun
mel·a·no·ma
ˌmel-ə-ˈnō-mə
plural melanomas also melanomata
-mət-ə
1
: a benign or malignant skin tumor containing dark pigment
2
: a tumor of high malignancy that starts in melanocytes of normal skin or moles and metastasizes rapidly and widely
called also malignant melanoma, melanocarcinoma, melanoepithelioma, melanosarcoma
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