Carver's Melanoma Links July 2007

This is a new stab at a page with all my melanoma links. The date says June so it won't be part of my current blog entries. To go to my current rambling photo and prose blog click on this link: Carver's Sight or is that Site. To find more than you probably want to know about melanoma go to the links below, organized into some major categories. But first a pretty picture.Note - Janner has finished her site which includes both of our links so you can check that out at Melanoma Resources. It's more comprehensive and logical than mine. Those of you who know both of us will understand why, ha.

Charts, Tables, Staging

ACS :: How Is Melanoma Skin Cancer Staged?

An Evidence-based Staging System for Cutaneous Melanoma

Table 1: AJCC 2002 Revised Melanoma Staging

A population-based validation of the AJCC melanoma staging system. - ASCO

Organizations

Melanoma - PLWC

MRF Home

Cancer411.org - Comprehensive Cancer Information

MedicineWorld.Org: Cancer Main Page

NCCN - Authoritative source of cancer care information for health care professionals & patients

The American Academy of Dermatology

Lance Armstrong Foundation: Home

Healia - health search engine

ACOR Home Page

Charlie Guild Melanoma Foundation

Oncology Tools

MelanomaCare.org :: home page

MelanomaNurse :: home page

MedlinePlus Health Information from the National Library of Medicine

eMedicine World Medical Library: Allergy-Immunology

American Society of Clinical Oncology - ASCO

American Cancer Society :: Information and Resources for Cancer: Breast, Colon, Prostate, Lung and Other Forms

Empowering Patients: Patient Advocacy

Pathology

Skin-tumor

Melanoma Histopathological Variants

The Pathology Guy

Dysplastic Nevi differential with melanoma discussion

Treatment Options (note- also see the articles section)

Biochemotherapy for Melanoma 2003

ClinicalTrials.gov - Information on Clinical Trials and Human Research Studies

Clinical Study: 06-C-0069, Evaluation of the Impact of Adjuvants Accompanying Peptide

Immunization in High Risk Melanoma

Clinical Trials at NIH: Clinical Research: Search for Clinical Trials at NIH

Clinical Trials Home Page - National Cancer Institute

CancerGuide: Clinical Trials Section Home

Melanoma and other skin cancers

Helping Melanoma Patients Decide Whether to Choose Adjuvant High-Dose

Response to "Helping Melanoma Patients Decide Whether to Choose Adjuvant High-Dose

Pros and Cons of Adjuvant Interferon in the Treatment of Melanoma -- Sabel and Sondak 8 (5): 451 -- The Oncologist

Sentinel-Node Biopsy in Melanoma Scores Over Observation - Breaking Medical News + CME

Teaching Brief® - MedPage Today

Advances in Melanoma Management

Choices in Adjuvant Therapy of Melanoma

Management of Regional Lymph Nodes

Melanoma Immunotherapy Promising With Low-Dose Interferon

Clinical Trials Results - National Cancer Institute

Treatment Overviews - CancerConsultants.com

Melanoma: Free Medical and Health Information on Melanoma Research and Treatment

ScienceDaily: Scientists Harness Diptheria Toxin And Interleukin 2 To Help The Immune System Attack Melanoma

Melanoma Treatment - NCI Stage IV

Melanoma Treatment - NCI Stage III

Adjuvant Therapy of Stage III and IV Malignant Melanoma Using Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor -- Spitler et al. 18 (8): 1614 -- Journal of Clinical Oncology

A phase III randomized trial of adjuvant biochemotherapy (BC) versus interferon-α-2b (IFN) in patients (pts) with high risk for melanoma recurrence. - ASCO

Hyperthermia

Stage I Melanoma

Stage I Melanoma - CancerConsultants.com

Melanoma Treatment - National Cancer Institute

Stage II Melanoma

Prognostic Implications of Thick (>=4-mm) Melanoma in the Era of Intraoperative Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Lymphadenectomy -- Essner et al. 9 (8): 754 -- Annals of Surgical Oncology

Arch Dermatol -- Vascular Involvement in the Prognosis of Primary Cutaneous Melanoma, September 2001, Kashani-Sabet et al. 137 (9): 1169

The Prognosis of Patients With Thick Primary Melanomas: Is Regional Lymph Node Status Relevant, and Does Removing Positive Regional Nodes Influence Outcome? -- Thompson and Shaw 9 (8): 719 -- Annals of Surgical Oncology

Stage II Melanoma - CancerConsultants.com

Melanoma Treatment - National Cancer Institute

Stage III

Stage III Melanoma - CancerConsultants.com

Melanoma Treatment - National Cancer Institute

Stage IV

Metastatic Tumors to the Brain and Spine

Stage IV Melanoma - CancerConsultants.com

Melanoma Treatment - National Cancer Institute

Recurrent Melanoma

Recurrent Melanoma - CancerConsultants.com

Melanoma Treatment - National Cancer Institute

Cancer Care

- Roswell Park Cancer Institute

JPDrain.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Medication Information Sheets (MIS)

Institute of Medicine Cancer Survivorship Report - PLWC

Survivorship.pdf (application/pdf Object)

From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition

Unknown Melanoma Primary

Metastatic Melanoma

Psychological Issues

Coping - PLWC

CancerGuide: The Median Isn't the Message

The Wellness Community - Free Cancer Support Groups and Cancer Information

The Psychological Challenges Facing Melanoma Patients

Newly Diagnosed

CancerGuide: Steve Dunn's Cancer Information Page

Sydney Melanoma Unit - About Melanoma

Cutaneous Melanoma National Guidelines Scotland

NCCN Practice Guidelines Melanoma

Empowering Patients

Melanoma on OconoLink

Melanoma

Melanoma: A Newly Diagnosed Patient's Brief Guide to Information on the Web

Melanoma - CancerConsultants.com

CancerGuide: Research Section Home

CancerNetwork:

Directory with Melanoma Links

NOVA Online | Cancer Warrior | How Cancer Grows

ARTICLES

Sentinel-Node Biopsy in Melanoma Scores Over Observation - Breaking Medical

Pros and Cons: Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy as Standard of Care

SNB and Melanoma Biology

New Approaches for Advanced Melanoma

Value of SNB as a Prognostic Value in Melanoma: Prospective Observational Study

SNB Standard of Care

News + CME Teaching Brief® - MedPage Today

Transfer of efficient anti-melanocyte T cells from vitiligo donors to melanoma patients as a novel immunotherapeutical strategy

Gene Therapy

The association between melanoma, lymphoma, and other primary neoplasms

Suggests CRP better indicator that LDH Stage IV

News & Views

Vitamin D Deficiency

Lack of Vitamin D Linked to Pain - Fibromyalgia News

Endometriosis increases melanoma risk

PLOS Medicine Journals Melanoma articles

Patients Perspectives

My Melanoma Diagnosis

Posts from the Melanoma Category at The Cancer Blog

The Assertive Cancer Patient : Skin Cancer

Jane from Maine's Story

PatNet Home

Miss Melanoma - Official Site

The patient perspective above are from blogs and patnets that give a history of some people's experience with melanoma. Recently I decided to compile a list of all the blogs I have seen with people who have melanoma. The link to that list is on my permanent links or you can go directly there:

People with Melanoma who Blog

Complementary Medicine

Complementary/Alternative Therapies from a patient perspective

PIM06-home

Sloan-Kettering - About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products

NIH CAM

NCI OCCAM

Gold Bamboo

NIH Office of Dietary Supplements

Medline Plus Complimentary Medicine

Radiology, Lymphatic System, Anatomy

Lymphatic System

Lymphatic System Medical Illustration, Medical Animation, Anatomical Model

PET/CT in Oncology: Integration into Clinical Management of Lymphoma, Melanoma, and Gastrointestinal Malignancies -- Schöder et al. 45 (1 Supplement): 72 -- The Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Initial clinical experience using a new integrated in-line PET/CT system -- Steinert and von Schulthess 75 (Supplement 9): 36 Figure 1 -- The British Journal of Radiology

Positron Emission Tomography and PET CT of the Head and Neck: FDG Uptake in Normal Anatomy, in Benign Lesions, and in Changes Resulting from Treatment -- Goerres et al. 179 (5): 1337 -- American Journal of Roentgenology

PET/CT in Oncology: Integration into Clinical Management of Lymphoma, Melanoma, and Gastrointestinal Malignancies -- Schöder et al. 45 (1 Supplement): 72 -- The Journal of Nuclear Medicine

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Whole Body FDG- PET / CT - The Eye Cancer Network

Integrated PET/CT: Current Applications and Future Directions -- von Schulthess et al. 238 (2): 405 -- Radiology

PET/CT Imaging Artifacts -- Sureshbabu and Mawlawi 33 (3): 156 -- Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

An Introduction to PET-CT Imaging -- Kapoor et al. 24 (2): 523 -- RadioGraphics

Dual-Modality PET/CT Scanning with Negative Oral Contrast Agent to Avoid Artifacts: Introduction and Evaluation -- Antoch et al. 230 (3): 879 -- Radiology

BBC - Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - Anatomy - Organs anatomy

BBC - Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - Anatomy - Skeletal anatomy

BBC - Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - Anatomy - Nervous anatomy

Electrical impedance scanning: a new technique in the diagnosis of lymph nodes in which malignancy is suspected on ultrasound -- Malich et al. 74 (877): 42 -- The British Journal of Radiology

BBC - Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - Anatomy - Muscle Anatomy

Side Line Issues

Paraneoplastic Syndrome Clinical Trial

ORPHANET - About rare diseases - About orphan drugs

International Paraneoplastic Association-Paraneoplastic Support & Information

PNSEUROENT: Paraneoplastic Neurological syndromes: Professional area

American Pain Foundation