Melanoma vaccine


A cancer vaccine prepared from human melanoma cancer cells. It may be used alone or with other therapy in treating melanoma.

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  • Melanoma, juvenile

    A benign raised pink or red scaly papule typically seen on a preadolescent child’s skin, usually on the cheek. Also called a spindle and epithelioid cell nevus.

  • Melanoma, acral-lentiginous

    One of the four clinical types of malignant melanoma, uncommon in whites but the most common type in nonwhites. It starts as an irregular enlarging black flat spot (macule), most often on the palm and sole, less often on a mucosal surface, such as the vulva or vagina.

  • Melanoma, amelanotic

    A colorless melanoma that is detectable only on close examination of the skin.

  • Melanoma, benign

    A benign growth of the melanocytes that is not cancerous. A mole may be a melanocytic nevus.

  • Melanoma, choroidal

    Malignant melanoma that arises in the eye. See ocular melanoma.


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