Skin Spot Check Look for danger signs in pigmented lesions of the skin. Consult your physician immediately if any of your moles or pigmented spots exhibit any of these possible signs of melanoma.
Many moles indicate an increased risk of melanoma skin cancer.
Increased risk of melanoma skin cancer. Melanoma cases in the U.S. have almost doubled in the past two decades, with at least 32,000 new cases and 6,900 deaths estimated for 1994 alone. The rise in melanoma cases and deaths in America is expected to continue. If not caught early,melanoma is often fatal . This growth leads to the formation of dark-pigmented malignant moles or tumors, called melanomas.