FINISHING a 15-minute sun-bed top-up, Vicky Quait, 55, gives a sigh of satisfaction.  It’s her final session before her annual trip to the Caribbean, and a crucial component of her ...

Medically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD Skin cancer occurs when skin cells mutate and grow uncontrollably. The most common ...

STRETCHED out beneath the UV lamps in her favourite booth at her local tanning salon, mum Aimee Kirkham soaks up the only 15 ...

These pictures are just a guide. Without further tests, it's not possible to work out what is a melanoma or not. If you’re worried about any moles or skin changes, it is always important to get them ...

The most common areas for cancer to progress are usually the liver or lungs. Although LDH is not specific to melanoma, it can be a useful test for diagnosing or monitoring skin cancer post-surgical ...

In some cases, it can be difficult to differentiate an age spot from melanoma, a type of cancer that forms in pigment-containing cells. If a doctor is unsure, they may order a skin biopsy.

An overwhelming 77 per cent of people would not recognise signs of melanoma – a malignant skin cancer tumour – despite the majority of Britons worrying about skin cancer, according to the ...

Speaking on her podcast, Telling Everybody Everything, the comedian warned melanoma was ‘a deadly form of skin cancer’ and that ‘it does spread quickly’. This isn’t the first time ...

The current five-year survival rates for stage 3 melanoma are 70 per cent, and 30 per cent for stage 4 melanoma, although both are improving all the time with advances in treatments.

Researchers have uncovered a stealth survival strategy that melanoma cells use to evade targeted therapy, offering a promising new approach to improving treatment outcomes. Melanoma, the deadliest ...

“Once melanoma has spread to the brain, it’s very hard to treat. Metastasis to the brain is one of the main causes of death from melanoma,” says Holmen. “We wanted to find a solution to an unmet ...