This misconception has led to late diagnoses, higher mortality rates, and a lack of targeted education on the unique ways melanoma manifests in darker skin. Melanoma may be less common among Black ...

IGNORANCE about skin cancer — particularly melanoma — among Jamaicans has led to many patients being diagnosed with the disease at later stages, resulting in expensive treatment options and ...

The charter captain and Below Deck Down Under star recently spoke to PEOPLE about being diagnosed with melanoma in December after noticing changes in a sunspot on his left side. “I had a little ...

There is practical and emotional support available. This can help you cope with the effects of melanoma skin cancer and it's treatment. There is also help and support available for your friends and ...

Cytotoxic means toxic to cells. Some people may have chemotherapy as a treatment for advanced melanoma skin cancer. This means the cancer has spread from where it started to another part of the body.

mRNA specialist BioNTech has chalked up an important win in its cancer pipeline, showing efficacy with its BNT111 vaccine candidate in a phase 2 trial in advanced melanoma. The study is looking at ...

Melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer. It develops when skin cells multiply rapidly as a consequence of mutations in their DNA caused by UV exposure. Melanomas originate in the pigment ...

Fungal infections, such as athlete’s foot and ringworm, occur when one type of fungal microbe becomes too prevalent in one area of the body so that the immune system cannot defeat it. Like many ...

The majority of melanomas start in the skin. Melanoma of the eye is much more common in White than in Black people, and is slightly more common in men than women. For statistics on survival, see Eye ...

Research breakthroughs are giving patients with atopic dermatitis/eczema more ways to treat this condition. See what a treatment plan may include.

The RoM for predicting 90-day mortality was highest for interleukin 6 (IL-6) (2.56, 95% CI 2.39 to 2.74), followed by urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) (2.42, 95% CI 2.20 to 2 ...