Doctors at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a new cause of skin cancer, according to a case report published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The culprit is a type of ...

With Kentucky ranked 10th in the nation for melanoma rates and 7th in mortality, local doctors and advocates urge awareness, prevention, and care.

Sunbathing is tan-talizing — but it comes at a price. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the US — and one of the most preventable. Overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun or ...

There are three common types of skin cancer in the United States: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare type of skin cancer. Fred Hutch Cancer ...

The stage of your skin cancer helps your provider determine the best treatment options for you. Staging describes whether cancer has spread and, if it has, how far. When skin cancer is diagnosed at an ...