For early-stage cases, localized surgical removal is common practice to remove the melanoma tumor. Then, depending on the tumor's thickness, additional bloodwork and imaging might be ordered.

Melanoma is known for its potential to spread to other parts of the body if not detected early. What it looks like: Melanoma often begins with noticeable changes in a mole's size, shape, color, or ...

The good news is that, when it is caught early, melanoma is highly treatable. The data show that the five-year survival rate in people with localized disease, which has not spread to nearby lymph ...

Melanoma is a deadly, yet treatable skin cancer, if caught early. According to the American Cancer Society, women 49 and under are more likely to develop melanoma than any other cancer, except ...

Mount Sinai's Waldman Melanoma Center has one of only two Vectra 3D scanners in the New York area. Even without that, it's important to get a skin check once a year because skin cancer is on the rise.

Melanoma occurs most often in “older white males,” and the average age of a patient with metastatic melanoma is in their 60s, says Dr. Hussein Tawbi. But it does occur in younger populations.

With early stage melanomas, surgery to remove the cancer and a margin of normal skin around it is the typical treatment. Width depends on the thickness and location of the melanoma.

Teen with advanced melanoma recalls early symptom that doctors said was a sign of puberty Samuel Gee is spreading the importance of wearing sunscreen and not tanning after being diagnosed with ...