Only about 1% of skin cancers are melanomas. Melanoma is also called malignant melanoma or cutaneous melanoma. When people receive a melanoma diagnosis in the early stages, they mostly respond ...

Melanoma is a type of skin cancer. When it spreads to other places in your body, it's called metastatic, or advanced. If you have fair skin or you’ve spent lots of time in the sun, it’s a ...

"In the past, metastatic melanoma was regarded as untreatable," said Prof James Larkin, a consultant at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. He said: "Oncologists considered melanoma different ...