Skin Cancer

Answers to the treatment debate for actinic keratosis, a precancerous growth on the skin.

Melanoma survivor and once-devoted tanner spreads the word about skin cancer.

New therapies for melanoma exploit biological insights to combat this dangerous skin cancer.

Tips for sun protection.

Risk factors for skin cancer go beyond sun exposure to include genetics.

Cancer survivors deal with fear.

Treating and preventing the nation's most common cancer.

Improvements to sunscreen and other sun-protection methods in development can help reduce the risk of skin cancer.

A new method of photography used by dermatologist can reveal skin damage, unnoticed by the naked eye.

Current and new treatments help patients with melanoma.

Skin cancers are almost always visible and easy to detect--if you're looking for them.

Follow-up care after treatment for skin cancer is important.

While scientists have known for a century that ionizing radiation can cause cancer, modern srudies strive to uncover potential negatives of radiation across the spectrum.