Basal cell skin cancer: Dermatologist explains how it can be mistaken for a harmless pimple and shares how to identify the difference

Basal cell skin cancer, the most common type, can easily be mistaken for a harmless pimple due to its appearance as a ...
Prevention

These Skin Cancer Pictures Could Save Your Life

Don’t be grossed out. Of course, that’s the natural reaction to seeing these super close-up photos of skin lesions, but ...

Woman who had wrong leg amputated during surgery sues hospital

Woman who had wrong leg amputated during surgery for cancer treatment sues hospital - ‘She went into surgery and, when she woke up, the wrong leg had been taken off,’ Sharon Jacks’ lawyer says ...
Dermatology Times

Cycling Cryotherapy, Topicals, and PDT for Actinic Keratosis Management

Sequencing Cryotherapy, Topicals, and PDT in Actinic Keratosis. Bhatia said comprehensive management of actinic keratosis has ...
CURE

A Light-Based Treatment Is Now FDA Approved for a Common Skin Cancer

Ameluz photodynamic therapy is the first light-based treatment the FDA has approved for a skin cancer. Here's who it's for, ...
Washington Post

The most common cancer is easy to miss. Here’s what to look for.

Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of cancer, affecting 1 in 5 adults in the United States during their lifetimes. Yet it can be easy to miss. Alexa Frank thought the small, pink, flaky spot ...
Medical Xpress

Researchers uncover mechanisms of initiation and progression in basal cell carcinoma

An international team, co-led by Adriana Sánchez-Danés, principal investigator of the Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Lab at the Champalimaud Foundation, in Lisbon, has shown for the first time the ...