The more we learn about the importance of skin health and all the ways to protect ourselves from skin cancer like melanoma, the more often we pull on a hat in the summer, slather on sunscreen in the ...

Find out who's at risk and how it can manifest. Find out who's at risk for melanoma and how it can manifest. Getty Images May 12, 2014— -- intro: You may have heard of melanoma, but chances are ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Melanoma is a type of skin cancer primarily caused by sun exposure. "Sun exposure causes damage to the cells in your skin and causes abnormal growth of melanocytes, which is a type ...

Sunspots (also called age or liver spots) appear as flat brown spots on the skin. They aren't cancerous and typically don't require treatment. Skin cancer, which can also appear as dark spots, ...

June 16, 2003 — Melanoma symptoms and signs are strongly associated with increased Breslow depth and therefore with prognosis, according to the results of a study published in the July 15 issue of ...

You diligently apply sunscreen before beach days and try to remember your hat for long outdoor activities. But when was the last time you really looked at your skin? Like, actually examined those ...

When you think of skin cancer, you probably think of checking head to toe for moles. But did you know your nails can also reveal an important sign of melanoma? With the American Academy of Dermatology ...

Age spots are harmless marks that can appear on the skin as a person ages. These spots can look similar to some types of skin cancer or precancerous growths. Both age spots and skin cancer are more ...

Skin cancer can occur anywhere, but scars and burn injuries are at a higher risk. Wearing sunscreen and, when possible, avoiding UV radiation can lower the risk of developing skin cancer in a scar.