Excisional skin surgery

Excisional skin surgery

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.

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* [http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=442861 Excisional skin surgery] entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms


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