Resources
What Does Melanoma Look Like? A Visual Guide
Precise visual descriptions of what melanoma looks like, by subtype, skin tone, and location, including the ABCDE rule, hidden sites, and how to tell it from a normal mole.
Melanoma Clinical Trials: Current Options and How to Enroll
Learn about current melanoma clinical trials, including TIL therapy, cancer vaccines, and new immunotherapy combinations, and how to find and enroll in a trial near you.
Melanoma Screening: When and How to Get Checked
Learn when and how to get screened for melanoma, who should see a dermatologist regularly, how to do a skin self-exam, and what to expect during a professional skin check.
Melanoma Diagnosis: Tests, Biopsy, and What to Expect
Learn how melanoma is diagnosed, from dermoscopy and skin biopsy to pathology reports, staging tests, sentinel lymph node biopsy, and molecular testing.
Melanoma Survival Rates: Statistics by Stage, Type, and What They Mean
Melanoma survival rates by stage, including SEER data, how treatment advances have changed Stage IV outcomes, and what statistics mean for individual prognosis.
Melanoma Causes and Risk Factors: What Increases Your Risk
Learn what causes melanoma, including UV radiation, tanning beds, genetics, moles, and other risk factors. Understand your personal risk and what you can do about it.
Types of Melanoma: Subtypes and What They Mean for Treatment
Learn about the four main types of melanoma, superficial spreading, nodular, lentigo maligna, and acral lentiginous, plus rare subtypes and what they mean for treatment.
