As you’re getting to know yourself in your 20s, dermatologists say you should also get to know your skin — and all your moles ...

A mole is a normal skin growth. You see it on Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe’s lower left cheek, on supermodel Cindy ...

There were no personal or family histories of malignant melanoma. Skin examination showed an 8 ... brown to pink medial and lower borders, and a dark-brown central area localized to the calf ...

Though it can occur in anyone, ALM is the most common type of malignant melanoma among populations with darker skin tones. Awareness is the best defense against skin cancer for Black people.

“Don’t trust your instinct when it comes to dark skin. Just because it’s rare, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.” However, because melanoma occurs much less frequently in Black ...

Samuel Gee, now 19, has shared how the mole on his back that he had since he was 'little' turned out to be cancerous and he ...

The melanin in darker skin offers some extra protection from the sun, but dermatologists say that isn’t enough on its own.

Across various classes, the researchers identified a model that, when coupled with appropriate data augmentation and ...

In fact, the lifetime risk of getting melanoma is 1 in 33 for white people, compared to just 1 in 1,000 for black people, according to the American Cancer Society. This is because lighter skin ...

In today’s Health Alert, as the weather warms up, many of us are spending more time outside.  But with sunshine comes a real danger - skin cancer - the most common cancer in the U.S.

Oral melanoma occurs due to malignant changes in a person’s melanocytes. These cells produce the pigment melanin that gives skin its color ... alongside a brown or black macule or nodular ...