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On this page are the major sources of information that we use to put together this section.
All our information is checked by cancer specialists and surgeons who specialise in treating cancer. The names of our specialist reviewers are at the end of this list. We also try to find patients to review all our sections. If you have had malignant melanoma, live in the UK, and would like to become a patient reviewer, you can write to us by clicking on contact us.
Cancer Research UK
CancerStats Series
Cancer Atlas of the UK and Ireland
Chapter 14 – Melanoma of skin
Office for National Statistics
US National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information on the treatment of melanoma
LINK to the NCI information about melanoma
Principles and practice of oncology (8th edition)
De Vita, V.T., Hellman, S. and Rosenberg S.A.
Lippincott, Wiliams and Wilkins, 2008
TNM (Tumour Node Metastases) Classification
Union International Contre le Cancer (UICC), 2009
Cancer Staging Manual (7th edition)
American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), 2009
Improving Outcomes for People with Skin Tumours including Melanoma
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), May, 2010
Link to the skin cancer guidance on the NICE website
Referral for suspected cancer. A clinical practice guideline.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), June 2005
Link to the referral guidelines on the NICE website
Revised UK guidelines for the management of cutaneous melanoma 2010
J R Marsden and others. British Association of Dermatologists
Link to the melanoma management guidelines on the BAD website
Ipilimumab for advanced (unresectable or metastatic) melanoma in adults who have received prior therapy
The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), May 2012
Link to SMC
Vemurafenib for advanced (unresectable or metastatic) melanoma
The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), September 2012
Link to SMC
Ipilimumab for advanced (unresectable or metastatic) melanoma in adults who have received prior therapy
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), TA268, December 2012
Link to the NICE website
Vemurafenib for advanced (unresectable or metastatic) melanoma
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), TA269, December 2012
Link to the NICE website
New drugs in melanoma: It's a whole new world. A M M Eggermont and C Robert. European Journal of Cancer. 47 (2011) pp 2150–2157.
Systematic Review of Medical Treatment in Melanoma: Current Status and Future Prospects. C Garbre and others. The Oncologist, 2011: 16:5–24.
Melanoma vaccines: developments over the past 10 years. O Klein and others. Expert reviews. June 2011, Vol. 10, No. 6, Pages 853–873.
Dormancy of metastatic melanoma. L Ossowski and J A Aguirre-Ghiso. Pigment cell melanoma research, 2010 Feb; 23(1): 41-56.
Staging of cutaneous melanoma. P Mohr and others. Annals of Oncology 20. Supplement 6. 2009.
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