These Melanoma Web Pages are intended for patients with melanoma, the relatives and friends of melanoma patients, melanoma care-givers and others interested in melanoma. The information presented includes: General definitions of melanoma; different types of melanoma including "thin" melanoma, superficial spreading melanoma, lentigo malignant melanoma, nodular melanoma; how melanoma is diagnosed; determining location and spread of melanoma; surgical treatment of melanoma; radiotherapy for melanoma; vaccine therapy of melanoma immunologiical study and treatment of melanoma, chemotherapy for advanced melanoma. The resources available for management of melanoma at Columbia University's Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center include a guide to conventional melanoma therapy and new experimental treatment options for melanoma; pain and symptom control in melanoma, and psychosocial support for melanoma patients. This melanoma website is evolving, and we would appreciate suggestions for making it more available and useful.