Types of Melanoma

Superficial Spreading

 • Most common form

 • Often develops in previously benign mole

 • Can be found almost anywhere. Most common place: men = trunk, women = legs

 • Follows the ABCDEs of early detection

 • 70% of all melanomas



Nodular

 • Raised and firm to the touch

 • Grows and spreads very quickly

 • Can be black/blue or pink/red

 • Defies many of the ABCDEs of early detection

 • 10-15% of all melanomas



Acral Lentiginous

 • Most common type of melanoma in Asians and African Americans

 • Can be found on palms of hands, soles of feet, under fingernails and toenails and in the mouth and tongue, among other places

 • <5% of all melanomas



Uveal or Ocular

 • Melanoma of the eye

 • Most form in parts of the eye you cannot see in the mirror

 • Early ocular melanoma hard to detect

 • Least common type of melanoma

 • Only 3% of all melanomas



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