Researchers compared outcomes associated with conventional excision vs Mohs micrographic surgery among patients with hand and foot melanoma.

My sister-in-law is 82 years old and was recently diagnosed with melanoma. She has an appointment for treatment in a couple of weeks. I thought this was a serious and deadly disease.

According to Soyer and his colleagues, while 3D TBP has the potential to enhance early detection, its increased excision rates without a clear reduction in melanoma incidence — combined with ...

Foot melanoma is a type of cancer that starts in the feet. It can appear anywhere on the foot, including on the sole or under a nail. Foot melanoma is a type of acral melanoma. It starts in a type ...

Use of SLNB for pure desmoplastic melanoma remains controversial. Accuracy of SLNB may be compromised in patients with prior wide local excision.

In general, stage I melanoma surgery consists of the simple, in-office removal of the cancerous cells by a dermatologist. If the cancer is thicker, your surgeon will remove it through a technique ...

CURE spoke with Dr. Michael K. Wong and Dr. Diwakar Davar about the use of ctDNA for patients with melanoma, and where the field may be headed. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) negativity has been ...

A new research perspective was published in Oncotarget, Volume 16, on April 4, 2025, titled "GSK3β activation is a key driver of resistance to Raf inhibition in BRAF mutant melanoma cells.

“At early stages, it can often be cured with just a simple excision and has a wonderful prognosis.” But once the cancer spreads, those odds change dramatically. In cases where melanoma hasn ...

Researchers have developed an innovative nano-immune agonist that significantly improves immunotherapy outcomes for melanoma—a highly aggressive and hard-to-treat form of skin cancer. The study ...