Skin Cancer Foundation staff members learn a lot about skin cancer. Many of us also have friends or family members who have suffered from the disease. However, few of us have developed the disease ourselves.
Skin Cancer Foundation staff members learn a lot about skin cancer. Many of us also have friends or family members who have suffered from the disease. However, few of us have developed the disease ourselves.
Tia Costello was eight months pregnant with her second child when she was diagnosed with melanoma. “I was angry. I screamed into the pillow multiple times and I felt my baby inside me start to move,” she recalls. “I knew she felt the panic inside. I was scared and I feared for her too.”
Our authors’ recent research shows that melanoma in situ, the earliest form of the disease, is on the rise, especially […]
In 2016, Andy Cohen announced that he had skin cancer, after his friend and fellow celebrity, Kelly Ripa, pointed out a spot on his lip. The moral of the story: If you see something new, changing or unusual on someone’s skin, let them know. It could save a life.
Here’s one of the many things that keep dermatologist Jennifer Stein, MD, PhD, up at night: people who could be at risk of melanoma and avoid seeing a doctor because they think they can’t afford it.
For 15 years, Ashley Trenner paid good money to work on her tan. Without knowing it, she was also working on melanoma.
