Kelly Heather, 38, ended up needing brain surgery for a tumor — and it started as a discolored line on her fingernail ...

It never crossed my mind that the painless lump in my leg could be anything harmful, let alone life-threatening.

Now a unique treatment ... a raised bump on her right leg. “It was about the size of this thumbnail,” she told Ivanhoe. Doctors said it was melanoma… an often-aggressive skin cancer linked ...

Melanoma, one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer, often metastasizes to bones, causing severe bone loss, an increased risk of fractures, and significant pain. Bone metastasis is associated ...

They help the chemotherapy go into the cancer cells. Chemotherapy just into your arm or leg If the melanoma has come back in your arm or leg very near to where it started (a local recurrence) you ...

The report suggests around 17,000 melanoma ... leg. She told the BBC: "It was tiny and shiny with a black bit in the middle. It just didn't look right. "The scary thing is if it was on my back ...

Melanoma skin cancer in situ is also called stage 0 melanoma skin cancer. This means there are cancer cells only in the top layer of skin (the epidermis). Surgery is the main treatment for melanoma in ...