For melanoma, the more serious type of skin cancer, survival rates have improved significantly to 92 per cent – meaning about ...

A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that childhood cancer survivors have a more than twofold ...

Investigators studied the relationship between Fitzpatrick skin type and the characteristics and outcomes associated with 2 types of ocular melanoma.

It is highly aggressive and can spread quickly to other organs if not caught early. "Understanding perceptions of skin cancer risk and the prevalence of protective behaviors is vital to reducing the ...

A new report shows good news for skin cancer patients with most people (close to 100 per cent) surviving at least five years ...

age-associated weakening of the immune system is believed to contribute to the increasing melanoma incidence and mortality rate. Older age is a poor prognostic factor for CM, but the prognostic ...

A complex interaction of genetic, host, and environmental factors results in cutaneous malignant melanoma, the fifth most common cancer among men and the sixth among women in the United States.

A new randomized clinical trial investigates whether 3D total-body photography improves melanoma detection and impacts biopsy rates in high-risk patients.

Airline pilots’ and cabin crews’ incidence of the dangerous skin cancer melanoma is about twice that of the general population, and their death rate from the disease is 42% higher, according ...

Their spatial epidemiologic study in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, published by Elsevier, provides critical ...