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BY Anisha Patel, M.D.

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...

Close-up of a physician examining a patient's arm with a dermascope

BY Sarah Zizinia

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...

BY Devon Carter

At increased risk for skin cancer? You may need regular skin cancer screening exams. These screening exams help find skin cancer early, when...

BY Cynthia DeMarco

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...

Cancerwise blog post: tongue cancer survivor Corky Hilliard discusses her oral cancer treatment at MD Anderson

BY Kellie Bramlet

According to a new study from Consumer Reports, nearly half of sunscreens have a lower sun protection factor (SPF) than they claim on their...

BY India Ogazi

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...

BY MD Anderson

Throughout the past year, our cancer patients have shared stories of their challenges and trials while revealing their determination, spirit...