There are three types of skin cancer: melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma. About 20% of people in the US will eventually develop one of these three types of skin cancer.

Too much, too little, just right. It might seem like a line from "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," but actually describes an important finding from researchers in Florida Atlantic University's College ...

ChatGPT underdiagnosed malignant skin lesions, signaling an urgent need to educate patients who use AI to triage their ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Actinic keratoses are sun-damaged rough patches or lesions on the skin — often pink and scaly — that doctors have long believed can turn into a form of skin ...

If there's one good thing about skin cancer, it's that you can spot it yourself—if you know what to look for. And the earlier you can find skin cancer, the sooner you can seek treatment. The Skin ...

Skin cancers may appear differently, depending on the type. Melanoma can look like a mole with an irregular shape and color. Non-melanoma skin cancers may appear as discolored patches or lumps on the ...

Leukemia cutis can happen when leukemia cells enter your skin. This rare condition causes patches of discolored skin to appear on the body. In some cases, the appearance of leukemia cutis lesions on ...

When people talk about “lupus,” they usually mean systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the most common type. But there are several other types and subtypes, some of which can overlap. Lupus is a ...

Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) is sometimes called "tree-man disease" or "human tree disease." It's a very rare syndrome that causes bark-like lesions to grow on your skin. The lesions are ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that usually affects the lungs but can spread to other parts of the body, including the skin. Once it reaches the skin, TB can cause a variety of lesions, ...