Older adults face unique risks for skin cancer due to long-term sun exposure and age-related changes. Skin cancer is becoming more common in older adult populations around the world. According to the ...

If you spent your teenage summers oiling up with Bain de Soleil in pursuit of the perfect tan, you may think it’s too late now to do anything to prevent skin cancer. “A lot of the skin damage that ...

The concern over sunscreen takes away from the purpose it fulfills: protecting us from the sun. UV radiation emitted from the ...

Vishal A. Patel, MD, of the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences and GW Cancer Center, shared strategies beyond sunscreen and emphasized the importance of at-home self-screening in part 2 of his ...

The Bump I Ignored: A Personal Warning About Skin Cancer I’ve always been careful with my skin, religiously applying s ...

Older adults have the highest death rates from aggressive skin cancers, but they are less likely to receive standard-of-care treatments. This may be due to other competing health conditions, ...

Many people are surprised to learn that our biggest organ is our skin. It protects the rest of the body from ultraviolet ...

Doctors at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a new cause of skin cancer, according to a case report published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The culprit is a type of ...

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 ...

Just like your body changes as you age, your skin also transforms in your thirties, forties, and fifties. “Our skin evolves as we age. Its fundamental structure, the way it responds to external stress ...