There are many and varied treatments for the different types of skin cancer.
Your skin cancer expert will be able to advise you as to which one is most appropriate for your skin cancer type, taking into account cure rate as well as cosmetic outcome.
Generally speaking the different categories of treatment include:
Surgical
• Mohs Surgery
• Mapped Serial Excision
• Standard Excision
• Curettage and Cautery
Laser and Light
• CO2 Laser
• PDT
Cryotherapy
• Liquid Nitrogen
Radiotherapy
Medical
• Aldara
• Efudix
For specific treatment for individual skin cancers see the fact sheet section.
• BCC (Basal Cell Carcinomas)
• SCC (Squamous Cell Carcinomas)
• Melanoma
• Rare Skin Cancers
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