Skin cancer is the No. 1 most common type of cancer in the U.S. That's one of the reasons that May is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Many Americans are unaware of their risk for skin cancers, ...

Melanoma can hide in plain sight, obscured by multiple types of benign skin lesions, growths, and blemishes. Recognizing and separating the "noise" in your skin landscape can help you home in on truly ...

Skin cancer is more common than many realize, and its early signs can be surprisingly easy to miss. Sometimes it hides in plain sight, looking like just another harmless mole or a tiny skin change you ...

Many Americans are unaware of how high the risk is of developing skin cancers, but skin cancer is the No. 1 most common type of cancer in the U.S. About one in five Americans will develop skin cancer ...

A small number of conditions can cause a whitish appearance on moles. This includes melanoma, a type of skin cancer, which can sometimes create white patches on a person’s mole. Another possible cause ...

New cases of invasive melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, have gone up 31% since 2012, but there are ways you can protect yourself. This is important for everyone—but what to look for, and ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this 12-part journey through a disease state ...

The dysplastic nevus initially was described in the 1980s as a mole with increased risk of developing melanoma and requiring total removal. However, dermatopathologists now consider dysplastic nevi to ...

A UCSF research team has developed a technique to distinguish benign moles from malignant melanomas by measuring differences in levels of genetic markers. Standard microscopic examinations of biopsied ...

Moles and skin tags are skin growths that appear for different reasons. While both are usually harmless, one carries a higher risk for cancer than the other. Read on to find out what moles and skin ...

Our bodies change as we age. Some of those changes, like thinning hair and wrinkles, are no surprise. We anticipate them. Less discussed changes, however, like clusters of brown spots on your skin, ...