For decades, skin cancer has been framed as a threat primarily to those with lighter skin tones, leaving a dangerous gap in awareness and medical attention for Black individuals. This ...

A 24-year-old air hostess who thought her extreme fatigue and tiredness were because of jet lag was diagnosed with melanoma—skin cancer—after her symptoms deteriorated and she noticed a mole in her ...

according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. Black patients in particular are three times more likely to be diagnosed with melanoma at a late stage than white patients. In people of color, melanoma ...

It can be alarming to see a new spot appear on your skin, especially if it's rapidly growing. Here's what experts need you to ...

Although conjunctival melanoma in the black population is extremely rare, cases have been reported. Melanoma of skin in blacks has a predilection for nonsun-exposed, nonpigmented sites such as ...

But it’s very rare and the symptoms might look slightly different. Among Black people, skin cancer tends to show up on the legs. Due to darker skin tone, the sore-like tumor may not look like ...

While the study shows cancer mortality rates among Black people are declining, they still remain higher than other racial and ethnic groups.

Overall, survival is lower in Black people than in white people for almost every type and stage of cancer, with the largest ...

Study Identifies Subtypes of Fibroblasts in Skin Cancer Nov. 19, 2024 — A study provides insights into the diversity of cancer-associated fibroblasts in white and black skin cancer and describes ...

It protects the skin to some extent from photo radiation or ultraviolet radiation damage, and that is why the incidence of melanoma is much higher in the white skin than the black skin.