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, ...

I have been writing this column on a weekly basis since 1976, and I am frequently asked how I keep coming up with new ideas to write about. Two avenues serve me well. First, I get a lot of emails from ...

Melanoma is a serious type of skin cancer that starts when the cells that create pigment in your skin develop cancer. Typically, melanomas form on your skin, but they can also form in your eyes and ...

Skin cancers may appear differently, depending on the type. Melanoma can look like a mole with an irregular shape and color. Non-melanoma skin cancers may appear as discolored patches or lumps on the ...

A nurse who checks moles for skin cancer recommends people follow the 'ugly duckling' rule. A mole that stands out, or the 'ugly duckling,' should be checked out by a doctor, Laura Harker told The Sun ...

Rates of malignant melanoma in the UK have risen faster than any of the other most common cancers in the last 30 years. And as May is Skin Cancer Awareness month, it's more important than ever to ...

Moles show up on the skin where pigment cells grow in clusters. Most adults have some common moles, but they often fade by the age of 40. Changing moles or growing a new mole after age 60 can be a ...

We all know the importance of covering up in the sun in order to lower our risk of skin cancer (or at least hopefully we all do – the anti-SPF movement doing the rounds on TikTok aside...). Wearing ...

TV presenter Adrian Chiles has revealed a recent diagnosis of skin cancer - and these are symptoms to look out for. Writing ...

The statistics about skin cancer's prevalence are enough to make you immediately add 10 sunscreens to your shopping cart — like how one in five Americans will develop some form of skin cancer by the ...

Two months after her mom died from melanoma, Theresa Kurtz was stunned to receive her own skin cancer diagnosis. She had one confirmed melanoma and three severely abnormal moles that were on the verge ...