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MELANOMA
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Irregular inflected form: melanomata
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("melanoma" is a kind of...):
skin cancer (a malignant neoplasm of the skin)
Context examples:
NY-ESO-1, a tumor associated antigen (TAA), is found in normal testis and on the surface of various tumor cells, including bladder, breast, hepatocellular, melanoma, and prostate tumor cells.
(ALVAC(2)-NY-ESO-1 (M)/TRICOM Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
It is also expressed on the surface of most melanomas.
(Melan-A, NCI Thesaurus)
Outdoor physical activity increases sun exposure, which may lead to the higher melanoma risk.
(Physical activity associated with lower risk of many cancers, NIH)
Lymphoma, colon, and melanoma cancer cells were injected under the skin of the mice.
(Gut microbes may affect cancer treatment, NIH)
T cells grown in the presence of extra potassium and transplanted into mice shrank primary and metastatic melanoma tumors better than T cells grown in normal levels of potassium.
(Harnessing T-cell “stemness” could enhance cancer immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)
A drug used alone or with dabrafenib to treat melanoma that cannot be removed by surgery or has spread to other parts of the body.
(Mekinist, NCI Dictionary)
Mice fed a higher protein diet had increased progression of breast and melanoma tumors than those fed a lower protein diet.
(Protein Consumption Linked to Longevity, NIH)
A nonreplicating adenoviral vector (adenovector) encoding the melanoma differentiation-associated 7 gene (MDA7) with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Adenovector Encoding MDA7, NCI Thesaurus)
It may be used in the treatment of certain types of cancer, such as prostate cancer, urethral cancer, and intraocular (eye) melanoma.
(Active surveillance, NCI Dictionary)
A form of melanoma occurring most often on the plantar, palmar, subungual, and periungual skin.
(Acral Lentiginous Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)
