Plastic Surgery For Cancer

The primary cause of skin cancer is ultraviolet radiation. Skin cancers are removed surgically by a plastic surgeon. Currantage and desiccation is used in reducing the cancer with the electric current to control bleeding and kill remaining cancer cells. Skin cancer include cryosurgery (freezing the cancer cells), radiation therapy (using x-rays), topical chemotherapy (anti-cancer drugs applied to the skin.

Symptoms of skin cancer

• Melanoma- appears as a dark lesion.
• Squamous cell carcinoma- appear as a rough, flaky, red or pink patch of skin.
• Basal Cell Carcinoma-appear as a raised red or brown lesion or patch with pearl raised borders and an ulcerated raw.

Comprehensive breast cancer surgery individualized treatment method such as tumour removal with breast retention. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. Skin cancer mostly found in any part of body but it is appear in face, head or neck.

What types of skin cancers can be removed by plastic surgeons?

• Basal cell carcinoma
• Squamous cell carcinoma