Melanoma Prevention, Detection, and Treatment Catherine M. Poole, DuPont Guerry

The incidence of melanoma has increased by 2000% since 1930 and one person dies each hour from the disease. This cutting edge guide provides scientifically accurate information which patients and their families need, to understand melanoma and its treatment and to receive necessary reassurance. It is also a vitally important resource for those who want information about preventing the disease or finding it early when it is most curable. Catherine M. Poole, a melanoma survivor and melanoma patient advocate for many organisations, and Dr. DuPont Guerry, an internationally renowned melanoma expert, have collaborated to provide current, correct and easily understood information on the disease. The authors have had first-hand contact with a multitude of patients with melanoma, and they understand exactly how to empower patients to gain control of their situations and obtain the best treatment.

Catherine M. Poole is president and founder of the Melanoma International Foundation and melanoma survivor/patient advocate for fifteen years. DuPont Guerry, IV, M.D., is director of the Melanoma Programme and professor of medicine at the Abrahamson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania.

""Melanoma "concisely delivers a wealth of information about a serious form of cancer. It is well organized, easy to read, and medically accurate."--Allan C. Halpern, M.D., chief, Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center