Comments on: Amelanotic Melanoma: It Doesn’t Look Like Other Melanomas

By: Ask the Expert: Why have your “ABCDEs” for the warning signs of melanoma changed? - The Skin Cancer Foundation

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 17:42:05 +0000

[…] melanos (black) and oma (tumor). While certainly not all melanomas are dark — and a rare type of amelanotic melanoma can be a nearly colorless faint pink — most melanomas are dark […]

By: Ask the Expert: Are Photos of Skin Cancer a Reliable Indicator? - The Skin Cancer Foundation

Mon, 19 Jul 2021 19:13:53 +0000

[…] or a basal cell carcinoma (BCC). For example, certain variants of melanoma, including a type called amelanotic melanoma, do not have any pigment; they don’t look like brown spots. Even dermatologists can be […]

By: Trial and Error - The Skin Cancer Foundation

Trial and Error - The Skin Cancer Foundation — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 20:00:50 +0000

[…] pathologist who looked at the tissue called her on May 10, 2006 to say the biopsy revealed amelanotic melanoma, an uncommon type of dangerous skin cancer that lacks the characteristic dark color of most […]

By: The Skin Cancer Foundation’s First 40 Years: 10 Points of Pride - The Skin Cancer Foundation

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 20:19:28 +0000

[…] who say the ABCDEs helped save their lives. (Be aware, however, that certain melanomas, called amelanotic, may have no color at all.) Today, as part of our focus on early detection, we have also recently […]

By: More Than Moles: When Melanoma Doesn’t Look Like You Think It Should - The Skin Cancer Foundation

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 16:45:34 +0000

[…] Amelanotic melanomas are missing the dark pigment melanin, which gives most moles their color. They can appear pinkish, white, red, or even essentially clear. […]