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Skin Cancer


Diagnosis of Skin Cancer


Your doctor diagnoses skin cancer with these 2 ways:


1. Skin examination – A dermatologist may look at your skin to get a definitive skin cancer diagnosis. Only the appearance is enough in several cases for making the diagnosis.


2. Skin biopsy – Usually, a skin biopsy confirms the suspicion of skin cancer. 

A doctor performs this by numbing the area under the tumor using a local anesthetic like lidocaine. The tumor’s small part is sliced away and sent to the lab for testing by a pathologist who uses a microscope and renders the diagnosis depending on the tumor’s characteristics.


Treatments of Skin Cancer


The treatment options for skin cancer rely on several factors, such as stage, size, type, and area of skin cancer. Pondering them, your doctor may suggest one or more of the following treatments:


1. Cryosurgery or Freezing – Using liquid nitrogen, the development of cancerous skin is frozen and destroyed as it unfreezes.


2. Excisional Surgery – The development of cancerous skin and some portions of your healthy skin surrounding it are removed.


3. Photodynamic Therapy – Drugs and laser light are utilized for destroying cancer cells.


4. Mohs Surgery – Cancerous skin’s development is cut out layer by layer and every layer is tested under a microscope until no abnormal cells are seen.


5. Radiation – To destroy the cancer cells, high-powered energy beams are utilized.


6. Curettage and Electrodessication – The doctor uses a long spoon-shaped blade for removing the cancer cells and the remaining cancer cells are destroyed with an electric needle.


7. Immunotherapy – The doctor applies cream to your skin for stimulating your immune system for diminishing the cancer cells.


8. Biological Therapy – This treatment stimulates your immune system so you can fight the cancer cells.


9. Chemotherapy – Medicines are consumed orally, injected using an IV line or a needle, or applied topically to destroy the cancer cells.

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