S-100: The Protein Linked to Recurrence of Melanoma
June 5, 2007 by Gloria Gamat
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Melanoma – the most serious form of skin cancer – is described as black or black-blue, ugly-looking, abnormal mole-like shape.
As long as it is diagnosed and treated early, it can still be controlled easily as long as the cancer cells have not grown downward to the skin surface yet for it to invade healthy tissues.
However, even if melanoma has already been taken out, there is a chance that it will recur sometime in the patient’s life.
According to John Kirkwood, M.D., professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and director of the Melanoma Center at UPCI:
“Melanoma patients …read more




