Ear melanoma is a type of skin cancer that develops on the ear. Early diagnosis and treatment can result in positive outcomes. Melanoma can develop anywhere on the skin, including the outer ear.

Years after it was removed, Katie Cooper's melanoma, which started as a small spot behind her ear, spread to her bones and spine ...

Ear cancer often starts as a skin cancer on the outer ear that then spreads throughout the various ear structures, including the ear canal and the eardrum. This rare cancer can also start from ...

Typically, cancer in the ear develops as a skin cancer in or around the external portion of the ear. Cancer cells might grow in any of the three parts of the external ear constituting the fleshy ...

You’re mostly likely to see it on the rim of your ear, face, neck, arms, chest, and back. Melanomas make up a slightly smaller number of skin cancer cases than BCC or SCC, but malignant melanoma ...

These, too, tend to appear in areas with frequent sun exposure and can also appear on the lip and ear. They can grow deep and spread to other parts of the body. Melanoma is the third type that is ...

Though relatively rare, these melanomas are the most common type of malignant melanoma among Black, Asian, and Hispanic patients. The ears: Ears get lots of sun exposure. But they’re also home ...

Erie firefighter Bryan Delio was stunned in 2015 when Dr. Scott Lim handed him a card of melanoma lesions and a photo he'd just taken of Delio's right ear. Delio, now 50, was visiting the ...