Excisional skin surgery
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Specialty | dermatology |
Excisional skin surgery is a surgical procedure used to remove moles, cysts, skin cancer, and other skin growths using local anesthesia. To treat skin cancer, the doctor uses a scalpel to remove the entire tumor and some of the healthy tissue around it.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the U.S. National Cancer Institute document "Dictionary of Cancer Terms".
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- Excisional skin surgery entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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