Discover the growth rates of 5 different skin cancers, from slow-developing basal cell carcinomas to aggressive melanomas, ...

Patients with a rare disease called mucous membrane pemphigoid are at risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma, finds a new study.

Surgeons at Mass Eye and Ear in Boston have found a creative way to make their skin cancer patients look good as new. Our ...

HealthDay News — Some commonly prescribed photosensitizing drugs increase skin cancer risk, according to a study published online March 18 in Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine.

Medically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD Skin cancer occurs when skin cells mutate and grow uncontrollably. The most common cause of skin cancer is cell damage from the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays.

Jessica Zbinden-Webster was diagnosed with a rare kind of basal cell carcinoma when she was just 26, now she campaigns to ...

Researchers from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the National Healthcare Group (NHG) have jointly pioneered an innovative imaging technique combining Multispectral ...

John Cena is urging people to be aware of the symptoms of skin cancer after he was forced to have two 'cancerous spots' removed. The professional wrestler, 47, has spoken out about the importance of ...

Broad-based skin cancer screening may strain healthcare resources and lead to overdiagnosis, but it may also help catch more ...

Those cancers begin in other types of tissue, such as: Basal cell ... such as the: Face Ears Neck Lips Backs of the hands Squamous cell carcinoma that develops on the skin is usually caused ...

If, like me, you grew in the Aussie sun, chances are you got sunburnt as a child or teenager. While for some, the dangers of sunburn were not as well known, others, myself included, were so intent on ...

A new study suggests that targeting the protein alpha-synuclein could be a possible new target for treating melanoma.