Discover the growth rates of 5 different skin cancers, from slow-developing basal cell carcinomas to aggressive melanomas, ...

"If a mole on the scalp darkens, becomes itchy, bleeds or changes in any meaningful way, you should reach out to your ...

Monitoring blood levels of DNA fragments shed by dying tumor cells may accurately predict skin cancer recurrence, a new study ...

Early signs of melanoma may include new or changing dark ... This includes areas not commonly exposed to the sun, such as the scalp, soles of the feet and under the nails.

A noninvasive clinicopathologic and gene expression profiling (CP-GEP)–based tool, the Merlin assay, shows promise for ...

Dr Perry says: "If they are uneven, scalloped or notched rather than smooth, then this might indicate an early melanoma.” Another warning sign of melanoma is a change in the colour of your moles.

COMEDIAN Katherine Ryan has revealed she has been diagnosed with skin cancer for the second time. The mum-of-three, 41, has early stage melanoma - the symptoms of which include a dodgy mole.

About 20% of people in the US will eventually develop one of these three types of skin cancer. Catching it early can improve treatment success, so it's essential to check your skin regularly.

It is the most common form of cancer in Britain and kills around 2,100 people in the UK each year, but still, a “shocking” number of people remain unaware of the dangers of skin cancer ...