What are the different types of skin cancer? How are they usually diagnosed? What do they look like? And how are they treated?
Below are the answers to these and other common skin cancer questions you might have.
Basal cell carcinoma is the most common cancer
Basal cell carcinoma isn’t only the most common type of skin cancer. It’s also the most common cancer, period.
Fortunately, it also tends...
Five-time cancer survivor Robert Clark has been through a lot in the past few years. But he believes firmly in two things: maintaining a positive...
At increased risk for skin cancer? You may need regular skin cancer screening exams. These screening exams help find skin cancer early, when...
When Cora “Corky” Hilliard was diagnosed with squamous cell cancer of the tongue for the second time in June 2012, she got to MD Anderson as quickly as she could. She’d had her first tongue cancer occurrence treated near her home in Austin nearly three years earlier. At the time, she’d been told that the disease would never return to its original location.
At MD Anderson, our integrated approach to cancer treatment won her admiration...
According to a new study from Consumer Reports, nearly half of sunscreens have a lower sun protection factor (SPF) than they claim on their...
You probably know that skin cancer can affect many different parts of your skin. But did you know skin cancer also can occur on your eyelid...
Throughout the past year, our cancer patients have shared stories of their challenges and trials while revealing their determination, spirit...