Melanoma Resources

Resources

• The National Cancer Institutes Melanoma Site
• Melanoma.com
• Skin Cancer - Determining Your Risks and Protecting Your Skin
• Skin Cancer Causes (from WorldMedAssist)
  
  

Research

• The Maine Institute for Human Genetics and Health
• Dana Farber Cancer Institute
• State Cancer Profiles from the NCI and CDC
  • Incident Rates of Melanoma
  • Map: National Incidence of Melanoma
  • Map: Maine Incidence of Melanoma

In the News

• Scientists: Genes, not sun, behind redheads' increased melanoma risk (11/2/2012)
• New Melanoma Treatments Destroy The Skin’s Deadliest Predator (10/11/12)
• Melanoma Incidence Among Young Women in the U.S. Is Rising
• Patterns: Melanoma Rises Sharply in Young Women