Folks with a suspicious-looking mole or questionable skin lesion often have to endure a scalpel or shaver so their doctor can cut off a sample to send in for biopsy. But a new, noninvasive "virtual ...

In my response to a related question, How Do I Differentiate Normal Aging of the Skin From Pathologic Conditions? I described some of the most common benign lesions that are encountered in geriatric ...

Two experts break down the potential link between raised moles and cancer—and when you should get a doctor's opinion.

In January, after the DermaSensor became the first artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled device cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to evaluate lesions suggestive of skin cancer, the ...

A new device uses millimeter-wave imaging -- the same technology used in airport security scanners -- to scan a patient's skin to detect if they have skin cancer. Millimeter-wave rays harmlessly ...

A biopsy has confirmed that the skin lesion removed from President Joe Biden as part of a comprehensive health assessment was basal cell carcinoma. The White House physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, ...

Atrophy: Atrophy is a skin depression resulting from thinned epidermis and/or dermis. Topical-steroid-induced striae (striae distensae). These marks are a dose-, vehicle-, time-, and ...

WASHINGTON – The cancerous tissue removed from President Joe Biden’s chest during his recent physical is a common but relatively harmless type of skin cancer. A biopsy confirmed that the lesion was ...

What Is a Cutaneous Horn? A cutaneous horn is a funnel-shaped growth that grows from a red base on the skin and is made of compacted keratin, the same protein in nails. It's shaped like an animal horn ...