Gee visited a dermatologist and learned that the mole was cancerous. Soon after he was diagnosed with Stage 3 melanoma. Now almost 20, Sam Gee has been healthy since his treatment for melanoma at 15.

Staging begins with “melanoma in situ,” or Stage 0. This is cancer that is confined to the topmost layer of the skin. It escalates to Stage 4, which is disease that has spread to distant areas ...

MURRAY — Intermountain Medical Center recently became one of the first medical centers in Utah to offer a genetically personalized skin cancer treatment option for those with advanced melanoma.

Staging begins with “melanoma in situ,” or Stage 0. This is cancer that is confined to the topmost layer of the skin. It escalates to Stage 4, which is disease that has spread to distant areas ...

Impact on immunotherapy against melanoma and other cancers After discovering how Midkine blocks the immune system, the research focused on analyzing the impact on treatments.

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 ...

Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that develops from melanocytes, cells responsible for skin pigmentation. While individuals with darker skin, like many African Americans, benefit from higher ...

Melanoma frequently metastasizes to bones, leading to severe complications. Recent findings identify ferroptosis as the primary mechanism of osteocyte death in melanoma bone metastasis, driven by ...

Melanoma in situ (MIS), also called stage 0 melanoma, is the earliest stage of melanoma, when the cancer is confined to the outermost layer of skin. Most melanomas affect the skin, but they can ...

Melanoma can spread to many tissues in your body including your brain. Treatment for melanoma that has spread to the brain usually focuses on prolonging life and reducing symptoms. Melanoma is the ...

Patients with small melanoma in situ (MIS) on low-risk body sites that was managed with 5-mm margins had a local recurrence rate of 0.9%, results from a retrospective case series from a single ...