This is a sample section from a typical Moss Report. This one happens to be on anorectal melanoma, a rare kind of cancer that occurs at the end of the gastrointestinal tract. You have asked for a report on anorectal melanoma. I shall discuss this topic, move on to a discussion of the conventional approach to melanoma in general, and then discuss some of the most promising alternative and complementary treatments.
Anorectal melanoma is a rare cancer.
There were 3,400 cases of cancer of the anus, anal canal and anorectum in the U.S. in 1997, but most of these were of the squamous cell variety. There were just a few dozen cases of anorectal melanoma in that same year. This type of cancer typically strikes people in their fifties and is somewhat more common in women than men. The most common symptom is rectal bleeding. This is often attributed to hemorrhoids.