Skin Cancer Clinic Brisbane
mole removal brisbane
Any moles supected of being a melanoma should be totally removed and submitted to a pathologist for examination.It is called an excision biopsy where the whole mole is removed. There is no place for partial removal of a mole for diagnosis as a skin cancer treatment. Melanoma may not be present in the biopsy specimen obtained from either a shave or punch biopsy leading to the false assumption that there is no melanoma. The remaining mole is scarred and more difficult to assess in the future. There is no place for freezing or burning a mole. The correct treatment is a definitive surgical one with accompanying histological diagnosis. If a melanoma is found then the area is re-excised leaving a peripheral and deep margin that is determined by the thickness of the melanoma. There are National Guidelines that are followed when determining this.
Molescreen Skin Cancer Clinic
1/537 Sandgate Road
Clayfield
Brisbane
Tel: 07 38623144
mole removal brisbane
Any moles supected of being a melanoma should be totally removed and submitted to a pathologist for examination.It is called an excision biopsy where the whole mole is removed. There is no place for partial removal of a mole for diagnosis as a skin cancer treatment. Melanoma may not be present in the biopsy specimen obtained from either a shave or punch biopsy leading to the false assumption that there is no melanoma. The remaining mole is scarred and more difficult to assess in the future. There is no place for freezing or burning a mole. The correct treatment is a definitive surgical one with accompanying histological diagnosis. If a melanoma is found then the area is re-excised leaving a peripheral and deep margin that is determined by the thickness of the melanoma. There are National Guidelines that are followed when determining this.
Molescreen Skin Cancer Clinic
1/537 Sandgate Road
Clayfield
Brisbane
Tel: 07 38623144