Waubonsee Community College

What you really need to know about moles and melanoma, Jill R. Schofield and William A. Robinson

eng

illustrations

index present

non fiction

What you really need to know about moles and melanoma

43185391

Jill R. Schofield and William A. Robinson

"Contrary to popular belief, using sunscreen does not necessarily produce a "safe" tan. In fact, scientific studies show a high rate of melanoma even in people with the greatest sunscreen use. The truth is that most sunscreen provides protection from UVB rays -- the rays that cause the sunburn you see and feel -- but not from the cancer-causing UVA rays that penetrate more deeply into the skin. As the incidence of malignant melanoma increases throughout the world, Drs. Jill R. Schofield and William A. Robinson tell you What You Really Need to Know about Moles and Melanoma. Book jacket."--Jacket

A Johns Hopkins Press health book

Melanoma: Recognizing and Preventing It -- What Is Malignant Melanoma? -- The Structure of Skin -- Melanocytes -- What Is Cancer? -- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers -- About Pigmented Lesions -- Freckles -- Seborrheic Keratoses -- Lentigos -- Nevi -- What Causes Melanoma, and Why Are So Many People Getting It? -- The Multiple Hit Theory -- About Invasive Melanoma -- The Rising Incidence of Melanoma -- What Is Causing This "Epidemic" of Melanoma? -- Do Genes Affect a Person's Chances of Developing Melanoma? -- Skin Warning Signs -- The Appearance of a Normal Mole -- What to Watch For -- Amelanotic Melanoma -- Premalignant Lentigos -- Who Can Help Monitor Moles? -- What Is Your Risk? The Risk Factors for Melanoma -- Changing Moles -- Number of Moles -- Atypical Moles -- Congenital Moles -- Intense, Intermittent Sun Exposure -- Prior Severe Sunburns -- Melanoma in a Close Relative -- Personal History of Melanoma -- Skin Type -- Hair Color -- Age -- Gender -- Suppression of the Immune System -- Prior PUVA Treatments to the Skin -- Xeroderma Pigmentosa -- Atypical Mole Syndrome -- Prevention, Early Detection, and Education -- Simple Preventive Measures That Could Save Your Life -- Save the Children -- Early Detection -- Education -- Melanoma: Diagnosis and Treatment -- Diagnosing and Treating the Primary Lesion -- Removing the Primary Lesion -- What the Pathologist Sees -- Treating the Primary Lesion -- Questions Patients Often Ask -- Staging, Treatment Decisions, Prognosis, and Follow-Up -- Staging -- Testing and the Limits of Early Diagnosis -- Treatment Decisions: What Research Studies Tell Us -- Evaluation and Treatment of Regional Lymph Nodes at the Time of Diagnosis -- Prognosis and Follow-Up -- Adjuvant Therapy -- Immunotherapy -- Radiation Therapy -- Chemotherapy -- Vitamins and Diet -- Changes in Lifestyle -- Treating Advanced Melanoma -- More about Metastases -- Will Treatment Help? -- Treating Regional Lymph Node Recurrence -- In Transit Metastases -- Treating Systemic Metastases -- Surgical Removal of Metastases -- The Treatment of Brain Metastases -- New and Experimental Treatments -- Alternative Treatments -- Managing Pain and the End of Life -- The Physician's Point of View -- Taking Care of the Whole Patient -- A Look at Hospices -- Melanoma: Less Common Types and Melanoma Research -- Unusual Forms of Melanoma -- Noncutaneous Forms of Melanoma -- Less Common Forms of Cutaneous Melanoma -- Unusual Populations for Melanoma -- What's New in Melanoma Research? -- Laboratory Research in Melanoma -- Clinical Research in Melanoma -- Finding Out More -- Guide to Resources for People with Cancer