Melanoma - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Anyone can get melanoma, but it's most common in people with white skin. If you have blond or red hair, light-colored eyes, and freckle or sunburn easily, you're more likely to develop melanoma.

Melanoma: Symptoms, Staging & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
Melanoma, which means "black tumor," is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. It grows quickly and has the ability to spread to any organ. Melanoma comes from skin cells called melanocytes. These cells produce melanin, the dark pigment that gives skin its color.

Melanoma - Wikipedia
Melanoma is a type of cancer, typically skin cancer; it develops from the melanin -producing cells known as melanocytes. [1]

Melanoma: Symptoms, Staging, Treatment, and More - Healthline
Melanoma is a specific kind of skin cancer. It begins in skin cells called melanocytes. Melanocytes produce melanin, the substance that gives your skin color. Only about 1% of skin cancers are...

Melanoma Treatment - NCI - National Cancer Institute
Melanoma is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in melanocytes (cells that color the skin). The skin is the body's largest organ. It protects against heat, sunlight, injury, and infection. Skin also helps control body temperature and stores water, fat, and vitamin D.

Melanoma Skin Cancer | Understanding Melanoma
Melanoma is more likely to grow and spread than the more common types of skin cancer. Learn about melanoma skin cancer risk factors, causes, symptoms, and treatment.

Melanoma pictures to help identify skin cancer - Mayo Clinic
Follow the guide above, called the ABCDE guide, to see if a mole or spot on the skin might be melanoma.