This is typically a very dark blue-black papule. Nodular melanoma is the type most likely to develop in older adults. Superficial spreading melanoma is the most common type of melanoma.

FINISHING a 15-minute sun-bed top-up, Vicky Quait, 55, gives a sigh of satisfaction.  It’s her final session before her ...

Real-world data show that adjuvant therapy, not complete nodal dissection, is crucial for preventing relapse in patients with ...

The clinical approach, epidemiology, diagnostic procedures, and management, along with followup of superficial spreading malignant melanoma are discussed. A 45-year-old Caucasian female presented ...

THERYQ is developing a radiotherapy system that uses very high-energy electrons to treat deep-seated tumours, and can also ...

A percentage of them presented histologically as superficial spreading melanomas (SSM) or nodular melanomas (NM). In view of this, the term acral melanoma (AM) was proposed for all melanomas ...

The different types of radiation therapy used to treat squamous cell carcinoma are: Superficial radiation ... risk that the cancer will spread. In this case, radiation therapy often follows surgical ...

A new study finds that fragments of tumor DNA in a patient's bloodstream could show that they are at high risk of a melanoma ...

Discover the growth rates of 5 different skin cancers, from slow-developing basal cell carcinomas to aggressive melanomas, ...