The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute provides outstanding care for all stages of melanoma and other skin cancers. You'll find treatment tailored to your needs and rooted in our groundbreaking research. We offer:

• An internationally recognized team of experts with decades of combined experience.
• Advanced technology, such as virtual biopsies, to catch suspicious moles early.
• Advanced techniques, such as Mohs surgery, for better cosmetic results.
• Leading-edge research and clinical trials to test new treatments.
• A clinic for patients at high risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer.
• A multidisciplinary melanoma clinic where patients can see several specialists, often on the same day.

Learn more

• Understanding melanoma
• Melanoma treatment
• Other skin cancers
• Meet our team
• War on Melanoma: Learn about our project to prevent melanoma, including our Mole Mapper smartphone app.
• Start Seeing Melanoma: Learn about our public health campaign to fight melanoma in Oregon. 

Leading technology

We offer some of the most advanced technology available, including:

• Testing: Our Knight Diagnostic Laboratories can run advanced tests of your tumor cells. The results can help you decide whether to try targeted therapy.
• Mohs surgery: We offer Mohs surgery for many types of skin cancer, including some melanomas. This allows our expert surgeons to remove all the tumor cells while sparing healthy tissue.
• Imaging: Our skin imaging center uses high-resolution photography to catch suspicious moles early.

Clinical trials

We offer patients access to clinical trials that are exploring new ways to fight melanoma and other skin cancers.

Research

We're leading research to develop a better understanding of melanoma and other skin cancers. Our work has helped us:

• Learn more about the effectiveness of immunotherapies and vaccines.
• Refine tests for high-risk patients.
• Explore genetic factors that increase risk.
• Design and test drugs to prevent melanoma. Some even help cells repair DNA damage from the sun’s ultraviolet rays.

Cancer registries

We offer you the opportunity to participate in OHSU cancer registries, including a Melanoma Community Registry and two others for skin cancer. By volunteering to provide information and sometimes tissue or blood samples, you can help researchers see patterns and make other discoveries. You can also learn about the latest advances.