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Skin cancer in people of color photo gallery

Skin cancer is one of the few cancers that can be caught with a careful self-exam.

Skin cancer can occur anywhere on the skin. In people of color, skin cancer often occurs in areas that are protected from the sun, such as the palms of the hands, the bottom of the feet, under and around fingernails and toenails, inside the mouth, on the groin or genitals or between the buttocks.

Please note: These patients only gave consent for their photos to be used for the ASDS Skin Cancer is Color Blind program.

 

Melanoma Skin Cancer

Melanoma in a black person

Melanoma on the leg of a black person

Melanoma in a black person

Melanoma on the bottom of the foot of a black person

Melanoma in a Hispanic person

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Squamous cell carcinoma arising in a burn scar in a black person

Squamous cell carcinoma arising from a wart in a black person

Squamous cell carcinoma arising in discoid lupus erythematosus in a black person

Squamous cell carcinoma in a black person

Squamous cell carcinoma mimicking a wart on a black person

Squamous cell carcinoma on the leg of a black person

Squamous cell carcinoma on the scalp of a black person

Squamous cell carcinoma in a Middle Eastern person

Squamous cell carcinoma arising in discoid lupus erythematosus in a black person

Subungual squamous cell carcinoma in a Hispanic person

Basal Cell Carcinoma

Basal cell carcinoma in a black person

Basal cell carcinoma in a black person

Basal cell carcinoma in a Hispanic person

Basal cell carcinoma in a Hispanic person

Basal cell carcinoma in a Hispanic person

Basal cell carcinoma in a Hispanic person

Basal cell carcinoma in a Hispanic person

Basal cell carcinoma in a Middle Eastern person

Basal cell carcinoma in a Southeast Asian person

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP)

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans in a black person

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans in a black person

The "Skin Cancer is Color Blind" educational campaign was developed as an ASDS Future Leaders Network project by Arash Koochek, MD, MPH. The patients only consented to their photos being used for this program and should not be reproduced.