Daniela Mullins first noticed the small mole on her face in 2015, but hadn't realized how much it had changed over the years ...

Jensen, associate vice president for research and professor of communication at the University of Utah (the U) as well as a member of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program at Huntsman ...

Melanoma survivors share what led to their diagnosis and how they protect their skin now. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Courtesy of Kelly McWhinney, Juanita Taylor, Dayanara Torres and ...

There are three types of skin cancer. Basal cell and squamous cell skin cancer, which are rarely life-threatening, are treatable by removal. Melanoma is the most serious kind of skin cancer, which ...

Jacqueline Mills is used to seeing spots — but this one was different. The 32-year-old public school teacher rushed to a dermatologist after a small mark suddenly appeared on her right cheek, the ...

Skin cancer occurs when skin cells mutate and grow uncontrollably, most often due to ultraviolet (UV) radiation damage. While ...

Basal cell carcinoma often appears as a shiny bump or red patch on sun-exposed skin. Aside from appearance, some skin cancers may feel tender, itchy, or painful, or may bleed. Early detection of skin ...

Maryland resident James Riordan assumed the mole on his cheek was harmless until his wife pointed it out and encouraged him to have it examined. "I pointed it out to my dermatologist, and she probably ...

At 19, listener Jake had no idea a chance run-in with a county nurse at a local pool would uncover melanoma. Years later, he spotted it again—this time while developing skin cancer detection tools in ...