More Skin Cancer News

• Thickness, Location Predict Skin Cancer's Spread

  July 8 (HealthDay News) -- The thicker the skin cancer tumor, the more likely it ...

• Pro Baseball Helps Keep Skin Cancer From Scoring

  June 20 (HealthDay News) -- Summer officially starts Saturday and, with it, Major League Baseball ...

• Experimental Therapy Beats Back One Patient's Melanoma

  June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Patient "Number Four," taking part in an experimental melanoma treatment ...

• Combo Therapy Knocks Out Melanoma Tumors

  June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Chemotherapy may be more effective on melanoma tumors if a ...

• Outside Workers Least Likely to Get Skin Exams

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- Workers who face the greatest risk of developing skin cancer ...

• Lip Balms and Glosses May Boost Skin Cancer Risks

  April 26 (HealthDay News) -- Shiny lip balms and glosses may attract ultraviolet rays and ...

• FDR Might Have Had Melanoma

  April 25 (HealthDay News) -- Though shrouded in secrecy during his lifetime, historians have gone ...

• Larger Skin Lesions More Likely to Be Melanoma

  April 22 (HealthDay News) -- Skin lesions larger than six millimeters in diameter are more ...

• Melanomas on Scalp and Neck More Deadly

  April 21 (HealthDay News) -- The most deadly melanoma skin cancers occur on the scalp ...

• Drug Proves Effective in Slowing Melanomas

  April 15 (HealthDay News) -- The drug riluzole, approved in the United States to treat ...

• Women's Risk for a Certain Skin Cancer Varies by Geography

  March 13 (HealthDay News) -- An American woman's risk of developing the skin cancer called ...

• Embryonic Stem Cell Protein Inhibits Melanoma

  March 4 (HealthDay News) -- A protein called Lefty that regulates development of human embryonic ...

• Combo Treatment Best for Melanoma, Advanced Ovarian Cancer

  Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Combining periodic infusions of antibodies with a widely used cancer ...

• Natural Secretion Marks Difference Between Ordinary Mole and Melanoma

  Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- An anti-cancer protein that's naturally produced and secreted by the ...

• Multiple Sclerosis Drug May Be Linked to Melanoma

  Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Almost immediately after a 46-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis received ...

• Melanomas Present Unique Appearance

  Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Melanoma may look noticeably different -- like "ugly ducklings", in ...

• Researchers Hone in on Cancer Stem Cells for Melanoma

  Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Melanoma has joined the list of cancers that can arise ...

• Sun Savvy Sadly Lacking Among Americans

  Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Think you're doing all you can to protect your skin ...

• Gene-Based Sunscreen Might Someday Prevent Skin Cancer

  Dec. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Research is shedding new light on sunscreens that might someday ...