Melanoma: what's the problem?

Authors: Knottenbelt DC
Publication: Proceedings of the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) Annual Conferences, Volume 2014 AVA Annual Conference, Perth, Issue Equine, May 2014
Publisher: Australian Veterinary Association

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Abstract: The equine melanoma is a very common nodular skin disease of horses and because of the frequency they are encountered in the skin of grey horses it is easy to view them as invariably benign, incidental skin tumours. This is indeed far from the case as they occur with some frequency in the internal organs and they can become highly malignant in some cases. There is no evidence to suggest that the condition is in any way related to exposure to sunshine (as in humans).

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