Amelanotic Melanoma Archives - The Skin Cancer Foundation https://www.skincancer.org/blog/tag/amelanotic-melanoma/ Education, prevention, early detection, and treatment of skin cancer Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:26:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.skincancer.org/wp-content/uploads/SCF-LOGO-273x240.png Amelanotic Melanoma Archives - The Skin Cancer Foundation https://www.skincancer.org/blog/tag/amelanotic-melanoma/ 32 32 Amelanotic Melanoma: It Doesn’t Look Like Other Melanomas https://www.skincancer.org/blog/amelanotic-melanoma-it-doesnt-look-like-other-melanomas/ https://www.skincancer.org/blog/amelanotic-melanoma-it-doesnt-look-like-other-melanomas/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:17:56 +0000 http://scfredesignpro.wpengine.com/?p=3961 Amelanotic melanomas can resemble other skin cancers like basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma, or worse, may be mistaken for benign moles, scars or cysts. This can delay diagnosis, which may prove dangerous, since early detection of melanoma is critical; early melanomas are almost always curable, while those that advance beyond stage I become more difficult to treat. 

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