Your specific question: "what is superficial melanoma with regression" can be explained in this way:
- superficial = growing on top layer only (tumor is not deep)
- melanoma = cancer of the skin
- with regression = less severe symptoms or disease progression
Medical jargon, "Regression is the replacement of tumor tissue with fibrosis, degenerated melanoma cells, lymphocytic proliferation, and telangiectasia formation".
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Your specific question: "what is superficial melanoma with regression" can be explained in this way:
- superficial = growing on top layer only (tumor is not deep)
- melanoma = cancer of the skin
- with regression = less severe symptoms or disease progression
Medical jargon, "Regression is the replacement of tumor tissue with fibrosis, degenerated melanoma cells, lymphocytic proliferation, and telangiectasia formation".
Here are some helpful sites to learn more:
- Skin Cancer Foundation: Types of Melanoma
- American Cancer Society: Staging of Melanoma
- Melamoma Advocacy Sheet (Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Does this help answer your questions?
December 30, 2010 - 11:55amThis Comment
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