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Waiting 5 months for Mohs surgery for BCC
Melanoma & Skin Cancer | Last Active: Feb 2 3:21pm | Replies (11)Comment receiving replies
Thank you, and yes I am on a waiting list.
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There are many options for BCC.
Why did I pick MOHS for all mine.
Being 77 was not cosmetic. It was the procedure. From the biopsie results they take the minimal amount of tissue around biopsied cancer. They then have pathologist determine if the amount removed shows no cancer in the outmost and/or deepest tissue removed.
If no signs on cancer on the margins surgery over. If there is still and sign of cancer in the margins then they remove the tissues and go through the same pathologist determination. This continues until all signs of the cancer are gone.
My surgeion and dermatologist told me allows them to take the minimal amount of tissue to remove all the cancer during one session.
To me that was the reason I wanted MOHS. Out of all the MOHS surgeries I had only one required additional tissues to be removed to show clear margins.