Melanoma Support Resources in New Zealand
If you or your loved ones reside in New Zealand, essential support for patients diagnosed with melanoma, as well as for the healthcare professionals involved, is offered by the following key organizations:
Melanoma Patient Support Organizations in NZ
- Melanoma New Zealand: Direct support and resources for patients.
- Cancer : Offering general support and cancer resources.
- Melanoma Risk Assessment Tool: Resources from the Melanoma Institute Australia.
- Melanoma Nurse Coordinators: Dedicated staff available through each local District Health Board.
Clinical Resources and Guidelines for Healthcare Professionals
- Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Melanoma in Australia and New Zealand (Ministry of Health Publication, NZ, 2008).
- Guideline Review: Updates and discussions hosted on the Cancer Council Australia oncology guidelines wiki.
- Melnet: The New Zealand Melanoma Network, a vital professional information resource.
- MASC (Melanoma and Skin Cancer Trials): Information on active clinical trials.
- Melanoma Education: Educational material provided by the Melanoma Institute Australia.
DermNet New Zealand Pages Specific to Melanoma
To delve deeper into the clinical aspects and specific types of the disease, DermNet NZ provides an extensive library of resources:
- Melanoma (Overview)
- Melanoma ABCDEs (Detection Criteria)
- Melanoma A thin melanoma that has penetrated less than 2 mm into the dermal layer. There is no sign
- Melanoma in Skin of Color
- Melanoma: Pathology Diagnostic
- Superficial Spreading Melanoma
- Lentigo Maligna
- Lentigo Maligna
- Nodular Melanoma
- Acral Lentiginous Melanoma
- Dermoscopy of Acral Lentiginous Melanoma
- Pathology of Acral Lentiginous Melanoma
- Subungual Melanoma (Under the nail)
- Desmoplastic Melanoma
- Ocular Melanoma
- Animal Melanoma
- Childhood Melanoma
- Pathology of Childhood Melanoma
- Amelanotic Melanoma (Without pigmentation)
- Dermoscopy of Amelanotic Melanoma
- Nail Unit Melanoma Nail
- Melanoma Dermal Primary
- Pathology of Treated Melanoma
- Melanoma Genetics
- Genes and Melanoma - Simple Explanation
- Mucosal Melanoma
- Spindle Cell Melanoma
- Spitzoid Melanoma
- Metastatic Melanoma
- Metastatic Melanoma with Unknown Primary
- Metastatic Melanoma with Diffuse Cutaneous Cutis®
- Clinical Course of Common Melanoma Lesions on Skin
- Your Personal Melanoma Diary: Strategies for Improving Survival. (Australian resource provided to dermnetnz.info by Dr. Martin Haskett)
Accessing these updated resources is fundamental to ensuring that both patients and professionals in New Zealand have the necessary clinical information and community support to manage melanoma effectively.
Diagnosis and Additional Treatments for Skin Changes
Other Common Skin Lesions
- Moles
- Flea-Bitten Nevus (Nevus)
- Freckles
- lentigines
- Atypical Moles (Nevi)
- Basal Cell Carcinoma
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Diagnostic and Treatment Procedures Against Melanoma and Skin Cancers
- Sun protection and prevention
- Thorough skin self-examination
- Dermoscopy (Dermatoscopy)
- Mole mapping
- Skin spectral analysis
- Skin surface gene expression
- Electrical impedance spectroscopy
- Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
- Genetic Testing for Melanoma
- Genetic testing for melanoma
- Melanoma detection in blood samples
- Isolated Limb Perfusion for Advanced Melanoma
- Radiographic investigations applied to melanoma
- Isolated limb perfusion for advanced melanoma
- Excision of skin lesions
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy
Radiation therapy targeting skin lesions
- Electrochemotherapy
- Cryotherapy (Therapeutic freezing)
- Specific Drug Therapies for Melanoma Treatment
- Electrochemotherapy
- Immunotherapy applied to melanoma
- Topical and intralesional therapies for melanoma metastases
- Adjuvant supportive therapies for melanoma
- Dabrafenib
- Trametinib
- Management of cutaneous adverse effects from antimelanoma therapies
- Nivolumab
- Pembrolizumab
Interferon Treatment for melanoma
- Vemurafenib
- Dabrafenib
- Trametinib
- Ipilimumab
- Nivolumab
- Pembrolizumab
- DermNet Dermatology Gallery
- Visualization of Superficial Spreading Melanoma
- Images of In Situ Melanoma
- Lentigo maligna and the development to Lentigo Maligna Melanoma
Subungual Melanoma (under the nail).
