MALIGNANT MELANOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does malignant melanoma mean? 

• MALIGNANT MELANOMA (noun)
  The noun MALIGNANT MELANOMA has 1 sense:

1. any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes

  Familiarity information: MALIGNANT MELANOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALIGNANT MELANOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

malignant melanoma; melanoma

Hypernyms ("malignant melanoma" is a kind of...):

skin cancer (a malignant neoplasm of the skin)

 Context examples 

A regimen consisting of cisplatin, dacarbazine and carmustine used for the treatment of advanced-stage or metastatic malignant melanoma.

(DTIC-BCNU-Cisplatin Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare form of malignant melanoma marked by nonpigmented lesions on sun-exposed areas of the body, most commonly on the head and neck.

(Desmoplastic melanoma, NCI Dictionary)

A regimen consisting of tamoxifen, cisplatin, dacarbazine and carmustine used for the treatment of advanced-stage or metastatic malignant melanoma.

(Dartmouth Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of cisplatin, vinblastine and dacarbazine used for the treatment of advanced-stage or metastatic malignant melanoma.

(CVD Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A low-fucose, human-mouse chimeric IgG1 monoclonal antibody with potential antineoplastic activity targeting at the ganglioside GD3, a surface antigen expressed on many malignant melanoma cells.

(Ecromeximab, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene may play a role in malignant melanoma.

(FAM46C Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

GD2 is overexpressed in malignant melanoma, neuroblastoma, osteosarcoma, and small cell carcinoma of the lung.

(Monoclonal Antibody 14G2A, NCI Thesaurus)

GD2 is a ganglioside which is overexpressed in malignant melanoma, neuroblastoma, and small cell carcinoma of the lung.

(Iodine I 131 Monoclonal Antibody 3F8, NCI Thesaurus)

A chemoimmunotherapy regimen consisting of interferon and dacarbazine used for the treatment of advanced-stage or metastatic malignant melanoma.

(IFN-DTIC Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

There is a lifetime risk of transformation to malignant melanoma which varies depending on the size of the lesion.

(Hairy Nevus, NCI Thesaurus)