What is melanoma?

Melanoma is a skin cancer of melanocytes which are cells that produce melanin. They predominantly occur in skin, but are also found in other parts of the body that contains melanocytes.

How do members experience melanoma?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with melanoma*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for melanoma*

Who has melanoma on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 3
30s 35
40s 69
50s 95
60s 123
70+ 108

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 154
Female 281