With Kentucky ranked 10th in the nation for melanoma rates and 7th in mortality, local doctors and advocates urge awareness, prevention, and care.

Two months after Theresa Kurtz's mother died of melanoma, she went to the dermatologist and was diagnosed with stage 0 melanoma Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gorodenkoff / Getty Images By adulthood, the average person has between 10 and 40 moles on their body. These small growths on the ...

Two months after her mom died from melanoma, Theresa Kurtz was stunned to receive her own skin cancer diagnosis. She had one confirmed melanoma and three severely abnormal moles that were on the verge ...

Birthmarks are present at birth or develop soon after and vary in shape, color, and size. Moles often appear during late childhood or young adulthood and can be affected by sun exposure. Moles can ...

But occasionally, an abnormal mole can be a sign of melanoma, a relatively rare but deadly form of skin cancer. So it’s crucial to know what to look for. (Non-melanoma skin cancers like basal cell and ...