Skin Cancer

Research

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center meets strict standards for a National Cancer Institute comprehensive cancer center, recognizing scientific excellence and a multidisciplinary approach focused on cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Melanoma

Melanoma researchers are studying widespread (metastatic), late-stage melanoma treatment combinations, including drug groupings, gene therapy, vaccines, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, skin creams, tumor-inhibiting chemical agents and cell freezing (cryotherapy). Researchers are also studying melanoma in people with conditions and diseases that suppress the immune system, such as organ transplant recipients and people with lymphoma.

Read more about melanoma research at Mayo Clinic.

Nonmelanoma

Nonmelanoma cancer researchers are using large patient populations to study potential causes of these cancers. Other areas of investigation include identifying risk factors for aggressive cancer, maximizing treatment safety and determining the most appropriate treatments for high-risk patients, such as organ transplant recipients and people with diseases that suppress the immune system.