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Excision of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Surgery Overview
Excision of nonmelanoma skin cancer is a treatment to remove, or excise, basal cell and squamous cell cancers (carcinomas) from your skin. Skin cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the skin.
Most cases of these types of cancer can be cured if they are found and removed early. If the cancer is not completely removed, it may come back.
The doctor uses medicine to numb the area around the cancer. Then the doctor cuts out the cancer along with a small amount of healthy skin around it. The wound is most often closed with stitches.
The procedure takes about 30 minutes. You will probably go home soon after. You may have a scar. The scar should fade with time.
The tissue that was removed will be sent to a lab to be looked at under a microscope. This is done to confirm if the tissue is skin cancer and if all of it was removed.
What To Expect
What To Expect
Recovery from skin cancer surgery varies depending on the site and how much skin is removed.
How Well It Works
How Well It Works
Standard excision treatment for basal cell carcinoma less than 20 mm (0.8 in.) wide has cure rates as high as 95 out of 100 people, when done with 4 mm (0.2 in.) margins.footnote 1footnote 1 When standard excision is used to treat squamous cell carcinoma, about 92 out of 100 people are cured. In most cases, Mohs micrographic surgery has cure rates that are a little higher than excision cure rates.footnote 2footnote 2
Information about Excision of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Risks
Risks
Risks of using excision to remove skin cancers include the following:
The wound may bleed, cause pain, or become infected.
Scarring may occur.
A skin graft may not heal.
All cancer cells may not be removed, leaving a margin that has cancer cells.
References
References
Citations
Carucci JA, et al. (2012). Basal cell carcinoma. In LA Goldman et al., eds., Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1294–1303. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Green AC, McBride P (2014). Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin (non-metastatic). BMJ Clinical Evidence. http://clinicalevidence.bmj.com/x/systematic-review/1709/overview.html. Accessed October 2, 2014.
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