Melanoma secondary prevention

Mortality for melanoma is the highest of all the skin cancers. It is estimated that about 8,000 individuals will die of melanoma in 2005. The mortality rate from melanoma appears to have stabilized and possibly declined in recent years in Australia, the United States, and Europe. The stabilization of mortality rates appears to be in part due to efforts at both primary and secondary prevention of melanoma. 

RundelPW (1978) The ecological role of secondary lichen substances. BiochemSystEcol 6 157-170 Russo A, Piovano M, Lombardo L et al (2008) Lichen metabolites prevent UV light and nitric oxide-mediated plasmid DNA damage and induce apoptosis in human melanoma cells. Life Sci 83 468-474... 

---