Adding a drug for rheumatoid arthritis to existing treatments for melanoma skin cancer halted cancer cell growth in mice, researchers report.

New research identifies a gene that helps melanoma to spread in both an animal model and human cells. Blocking its activity may stop metastasis.

We look at acral lentiginous melanoma, a type of skin cancer that affects the hands and feet. Learn about symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options.

An immunotherapy and targeted therapy both promise to bring closer the day when melanoma is a disease that people live with instead of die from.

An immunotherapy and targeted therapy both promise to bring closer the day when melanoma is a disease that people live with instead of die from.

Red hair and pale skin are due to a genetic mutation. Find out how this puts redheads at greater risk of the potentially deadly skin cancer, melanoma.

Red hair and pale skin are due to a genetic mutation. Find out how this puts redheads at greater risk of the potentially deadly skin cancer, melanoma.

Redheaded, pale-skinned people are known to have a greater risk of melanoma, but scientists may have discovered a way to reduce this risk.

Redheaded, pale-skinned people are known to have a greater risk of melanoma, but scientists may have discovered a way to reduce this risk.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies found that 71 percent of melanomas arose as new spots and 29 percent grew from existing moles.