Melanoma is one of the most common cancers diagnosed in women in their 20s and 30s, when many women are thinking about starting or expanding their families. A history of melanoma doesn’t automatically mean pregnancy is off the table, but there are factors to consider.
Today, Amy Conway honors the life of her beloved late husband by educating her Health magazine readers about skin cancer prevention and early detection.
How Anna Nichols used her Skin Cancer Foundation research grant to kick-start an exciting and promising experimental treatment for skin cancer.
Hopefully you’ve been careful this summer, but you may still have acquired some damage. If this year’s warmest months (and all of the previous summers) have left you with dark spots, fine lines and other signs of sun damage, it is possible to improve the situation.
When Luis Carrazana, 57, received a phone call from a nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York […]
Since it was founded in 1979 The Skin Cancer Foundation has made numerous groundbreaking contributions to the prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer.
President Reagan’s skin cancer diagnosis was a big moment in the history of skin cancer awareness.
While we know that hormones may have an impact on breast and ovarian cancer, there is no evidence to suggest that the risk of melanoma increases during pregnancy.
Kelly was 26 weeks pregnant when she started to experience seizures along the left side of her body. After meeting with several doctors, she learned her symptoms started from a skin cancer. “I was diagnosed with stage IV melanoma in my armpit that had spread to my brain and was a serious threat to me and my unborn child,” says Kelly.
One of the top search phrases on SkinCancer.org is, “Can I leave my skin cancer alone?” Two of our physician experts answer why, when you’ve been diagnosed with a skin cancer, time is of the essence.
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