I was recently diagnosed with superficial spreading melanoma. I had a wide excision and was told to follow up with a dermatologist. The dermatologist says to follow up every six months; is this ...

Pembrolizumab works by blocking a mechanism that cancer cells use to evade detection by the immune system, according to Drugs ...

New results from a clinical trial co-led by UCLA investigators demonstrate how treating desmoplastic melanoma, a rare and ...

Dear Doctors: My sister-in-law is 82 years old and was recently diagnosed with melanoma. She has an appointment for treatment in a couple of weeks. I thought this was a serious and deadly disease. Can ...

Actinic keratosis (AK) is a common precancerous lesion arising from cumulative ultraviolet exposure, often heralding the development of non-melanoma skin cancers such as basal cell carcinoma and ...

The most common treatments for skin cancer on the nose include surgery, radiation, and topical chemotherapy. Mohs surgery has the lowest rate of cancer recurrence among treatment options for skin ...

Surgeons rely on 200-year-old technology when removing cancer--sight and touch--to determine how much to remove and what to leave alone. Laser technology pioneered at Florida Atlantic University has ...

Melanoma in situ (MIS), also called stage 0 melanoma, is the earliest stage of melanoma, when the cancer is confined to the outermost layer of skin. Most melanomas affect the skin, but they can also ...