Why Does My Skin Cancer Need Mohs Surgery?

Mohs Micrographic Surgery is primarily used to treat basal and squamous cell carcinomas, but can be used to treat less common tumors including melanoma.

Mohs Surgery is appropriate when:

• the cancer is in an area where it is important to preserve healthy tissue for maximum functional and cosmetic result, such as eyelids, nose, ears, lips, fingers, toes, genitals;
• the cancer was treated previously and recurred;
• scar tissue exists in the area of the cancer;
• the cancer is large;
• the edges of the cancer cannot be clearly defined;
• the cancer is growing rapidly or uncontrollably.

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