CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Doctors are trying to fight a dangerous myth in the African-American community: that people with darker skin tones aren't at risk for skin cancer. The truth is that skin cancer ...

It is typically longer lasting and more challenging to treat in darker than lighter skin tones. According to the Skin of Color Society, over 65% of African American ... as liver spots or age ...

Childhood leukemia is also slightly more common among Hispanic children and children who are white than among African ... the skin can lead to the appearance of small, dark, rash-like spots.