A new study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology reports an inexpensive, more accurate, and much less invasive way to diagnose cancerous melanoma cells in skin tumors, even when ...

Skin cancer is the No. 1 most common type of cancer in the U.S. That's one of the reasons that May is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Many Americans are unaware of their risk for skin cancers, ...

For over 30 years, cancer researchers have argued about moles. Specifically, they’ve debated at what point a skin lesion becomes a melanoma, more commonly known as skin cancer. Some claimed that ...

Skin cancer is more common than many realize, and its early signs can be surprisingly easy to miss. Sometimes it hides in plain sight, looking like just another harmless mole or a tiny skin change you ...

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Many Americans are unaware of how high the risk is of developing skin cancers, but skin cancer is the No. 1 most common type of cancer in the U.S. About one in five Americans will develop skin cancer ...

About 30% of melanoma cases arise from an existing nevus. More commonly known as moles, Nevi are skin growths that develop when pigmented cells accumulate in a cluster. While melanoma is characterized ...

Moles are common, usually harmless, skin growths that develop due to an overgrowth of melanocytes, or pigment-producing cells. However, a new mole or sudden changes to the color, shape, and size of ...

A small number of conditions can cause a whitish appearance on moles. This includes melanoma, a type of skin cancer, which can sometimes create white patches on a person’s mole. Another possible cause ...

Skin bumps can be harmless but in some cases they could signify a more serious health issue. Some of the more common benign causes of skin bumps include folliculitis, acne, cysts, and keratosis ...