What is board certification? What does it mean to be a board-certified dermatologist? Deborah S. Sarnoff, MD, explains.
What is board certification? What does it mean to be a board-certified dermatologist? Deborah S. Sarnoff, MD, explains.
The Ultimate Stress Test: Advice from a Cancer Survivor
Your state of mind can affect your skin health, and your skin health can affect your state of mind. Here’s what you need to know and how to mitigate the damage.
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of telemedicine skyrocketed. This practice may be especially useful in teledermatology going forward.
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the most common skin cancer, is often easy to treat. But BCC on your face can be a big deal, as Alison Sweeney learned when she was diagnosed.
In part 2, we meet Jesse M. Lewin, MD, a past awardee and new fundraising star for the Foundation, as well as our phenomenal 2021 grantees. Future breakthroughs are tended and made possible by people like you!
Since 1981, The Skin Cancer Foundation has awarded more than $2 million in research grants to encourage ideas in skin cancer prevention, detection and treatment to bloom and flourish. In part 1, we speak to David Polsky, MD, PhD, chair of the Research Grants Committee, to learn the ins and outs of the program.
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) can become advanced and, in rare cases, even life-threatening, but today there are new treatment options for these patients.
For decades, The Skin Cancer Foundation has been one of the most trusted sources for curated and medically reviewed U.S. […]
Amelanotic melanomas can resemble other skin cancers like basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma, or worse, may be mistaken for benign moles, scars or cysts. This can delay diagnosis, which may prove dangerous, since early detection of melanoma is critical; early melanomas are almost always curable, while those that advance beyond stage I become more difficult to treat.
