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Elective lymph node dissection (ELND): Major surgical procedure in which all lymph nodes are removed from the area surrounding a primary melanoma.
Endostatin: An angiogenesis inhibitor currently being investigated for the treatment of Stage IV melanoma.
Ephelides: Freckles.
Epidermis: The thin upper or outer layer of skin.
Epiluminescence microscopy: See Dermoscopy.
Epitopes: Distinctive markers that protrude from the surface of an antigen, and that alert the immune system to the antigen's presence.
Eumelanin: The most abundant type of human melanin, found in brown and black skin and hair.
Excision: The act of surgically removing or cutting out.
Excisional biopsy: A biopsy in which the goal is complete removal of a suspicious skin.
External beam radiation therapy: Radiation therapy administered from an energy source outside the body and directed to a target inside the body
Extracapsular: Located or occurring outside the lymph node capsule.