Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson at the 79 Venice International Film Festival in 2022. Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, has recently been diagnosed with malignant melanoma, the most dangerous form ...

Two months after Theresa Kurtz's mother died of melanoma, she went to the dermatologist and was diagnosed with stage 0 melanoma Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Two months after her mom died from melanoma, Theresa Kurtz was stunned to receive her own skin cancer diagnosis. She had one confirmed melanoma and three severely abnormal moles that were on the verge ...

Since July is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, I thought I would take this time to teach you the ABCDEs of skin cancer detection, as well as give you a few tips for ...

Melanocytes describe a specialized type of cell that generates a substance called melanin, a pigment responsible for skin and eye color. When several melanocytes cluster together, they form a benign, ...

Melanoma is the most serious kind of skin cancer. Most melanomas show up as a new spot or skin growth. But they can also form in an existing mole. Melanoma can affect your skin only, or it may spread ...

But occasionally, an abnormal mole can be a sign of melanoma, a relatively rare but deadly form of skin cancer. So it’s crucial to know what to look for. (Non-melanoma skin cancers like basal cell and ...

If I cast my mind back several years, I can distinctly recall an ex-boyfriend telling me my back "looks like a Maryland cookie" – which is to say, it is adorned with a generous scattering of moles. As ...

LOS GATOS, Calif., June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers evaluating and comparing the gene expression profiles of common (non-malignant) moles and melanoma, the most aggressive skin cancer, have ...

Birthmarks and moles are types of skin markings that are mostly harmless. But because moles may rarely turn into skin cancer (melanoma), it's important to be able to tell these skin issues apart. A ...

A 20-year-old man died months after being diagnosed with skin cancer that developed from a mole on his arm. Tom Linton, a college student and bank worker from Chester-le-Street in the U.K., was ...