Melanoma starts in cells called melanocytes. You have these in your skin and other parts of your body including your eye. There are different types of melanoma skin cancer. The TNM stage is a way of ...

Learn how melanoma impacts African Americans, highlighting detection challenges, survival disparities, and prevention ...

While this study focused on melanoma, air pollution has been linked to increased risk of other types of skin problems, including premature ageing, hyperpigmentation (a skin condition that causes ...

Basal cell carcinomas, the most common form of skin cancer, occur in chronically sun-exposed areas such as the face. Locally advanced tumors in particular can be difficult to treat surgically. A ...

That should change, says Dr. Susan Massick, associate professor of dermatology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, because a skin cancer screening exam is one of the easiest you ...

Melanoma can be found early. Everyone can play an important role in finding it early, when it is curable. Part of a routine cancer-related checkup should include a skin examination by a health ...

Melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer. It develops when skin cells multiply rapidly as a consequence of mutations in their DNA caused by UV exposure. Melanomas originate in the pigment ...

After treating a tumor with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, cells known as senescent cells can appear. These are cells that do ...

The cumulative incidence of melanoma did not vary by decade of treatment, sex, or type of childhood cancer. Childhood cancer survivors had greater than twofold increased risk of invasive skin and ...