Melanoma
What research knows about melanoma comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.
Living with it
1.3 million
People alive within 5 years of a melanoma of the skin diagnosis, worldwide, 2024
sourceWhat patients usually have
The records behind melanoma
BRAF analysis of the melanoma tissue sample
at presentation, for stage IIB to IV (considered for stage IIA, not for IA or IB)
guidelineSentinel lymph node biopsy (histopathology) for staging melanoma
once, at staging
guidelineWhole-body and brain contrast-enhanced CT during follow-up of stage IIC melanoma
2 scans each year in years 1 and 2, then 2 in year 3, then 1 a year in years 4 and 5
guideline
What sharing it is worth
$230
per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $199 to $3,064
- Your health story$23how
- Pathology reportsx2$6.07how
- Scan reportsx2$4.86how
- Rarity premium (rare)x2.88how
- Richness premium (3 kinds of data linked)x2.33how
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