GET IT CHECKED!!! If the doctor pooh-poohs it, get it checked by a different doctor. Ultimately, what you do is up to you, ...

Digital imaging of suspected skin cancers has dramatically cut waiting times for diagnosis and treatment in Nottinghamshire.

Patel, MD, director of cutaneous oncology at the George Washington (GW) Cancer Center, director of dermatologic surgery at the GW University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and associate ...

As the human body's largest organ, it's no surprise that an endless number of things can go wrong with your skin.There are the lumps and bumps that can appear out of nowhere.

Is X-ray treatment (radiotherapy) after removal of breast tissue (mastectomy) better than no X-ray treatment in women diagnosed with breast cancer that has spread to one to three armpit lymph nodes?

Understanding how mobile cells coordinate to mold tissues could offer new insights into how organs form and what can go wrong with developmental disorders. Due to cancer cells being another example of ...

Motley then went to Portugal to learn Mohs surgery—a tissue sparing method of skin cancer removal named after Frederick Mohs, the surgeon who developed the technique—and in 1992 he set up a Mohs unit ...

Melanoma Stages Staging is a process of finding out how far a cancer has spread. This includes describing the size of the skin tumor and whether it has spread to any other organs. A staging system ...

Prognosis: Removal typically cures the cancer. Most SCCs are slow-growing, though this type of skin cancer is more likely to grow deeper into the skin and spread. If SCCs spread to other organs, ...

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a malignant neoplasm of the skin that originates from the cells of the basal layer of the epidermis and is the most common skin cancer worldwide, accounting for more than ...

Understanding Melanoma Former Miss Universe, mom of two, and Puerto Rican model Dayanara Torres is looking back on her battle with stage three melanoma, a dangerous type of skin cancer she hopes ...