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Understanding Skin Cancer -- Symptoms
Examine your skin from head to toe every few months, using a full-length mirror and hand mirror to check your mouth, nose, scalp, palms, soles, bac...
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What is Skin Cancer?
Basal cell carcinoma, which accounts for nearly 3 out of 4 skin cancers, is the slowest growing. About half of fair- skinned people who live to age...
Read moreOcular Melanoma
Melanoma is a kind of cancer that develops in cells that give your skin, eyes, and hair their color. As with skin cancer, people with fair skin, bl...
Read moreWhat is Mohs Surgery?
Doctors use Mohs surgery (also called Mohs micrographic surgery) to treat skin cancer. The surgeon will remove the visible part of your cancer with...
Read moreMalignant Melanoma Treatment Protocols
Nivolumab (Opdivo) is an adjuvant therapy for patients who have undergone complete resection of melanoma with lymph node involvement or metastatic ...
Read moreWhat is Keratoacanthoma?
Keratoacanthoma is a dome-shaped lump or tumor that grows on your skin. It’s rare for anyone under age 20 to have keratoacanthoma. Your doctor will...
Read moreTypes of Skin Biopsies
A skin biopsy is a procedure in which a doctor cuts and removes a small sample of skin to have it tested. Your doctor will tell you when the stitch...
Read moreWhat's The Treatment for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer?
If you’ve just been diagnosed with nonmelanoma skin cancer, be glad you and your doctor caught it. Your doctor may suggest freezing off the cancero...
Read moreMetastatic Melanoma
Melanoma is a type of skin cancer. If you haven’t already been diagnosed with melanoma, your doctor will do a skin exam. In this test, the doctor i...
Read moreUnderstanding Skin Cancer -- Diagnosis and Treatment
In rare cases where basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma has begun to spread beyond the local skin site, the primary tumors are first removed surg...
Read moreSquamous Cell Carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common form of skin cancer. Unlike other types of skin cancer, it can spread to the tissues, bones...
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