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What is better for treatment of basal skin cancer radiation or Mohs?
Melanoma & Skin Cancer | Last Active: Sep 18 11:32am | Replies (51)Comment receiving replies
I have a lower eyelid basal cell that derm recommended mohs followed by plastic reconstructive surgery following mohs. Neither said anything about IG-SRT to me either. A friend suggested I look into it and as you said, the papers are split, but professional organizations have said Mohs surgery is the gold standard currently. Some research says depends on lesion size, type of basal cell. I spokecto the rep. From Gentle cure (gentlecure.com) to locate a rep in your area. Their view is that in our area, there is a push to train Mohs surgeons and IG-SRT has equal cure rates, less risk. So for me, I have to decided to go with Mohs given the professional associations Gold standard of treatment designation—since I was having issues interpreting the research. Very interested in everyones thoughts..
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I was just "diagnosed" with bcc. The p.a. said I had 2 options, mohs or radiation (gentlecure). She seemed to recommend radiation. The lesion is on the side of my nose, very near my eye, and a second small bump near my nostril. I wonder if it is because the wait for mohs is long.
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@legeke: it's been a few weeks since your post and I was checking back to see how you're doing since you've decided upon Mohs to treat your basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Personally, I've had several to treat both BCCs as well as squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) without incident, however, in neither case have I required reconstruction - although I did have that for melanoma and healed well.
I wonder if both of the dermatologists with whom you consulted were more in favor of Mohs due to the location of the BCC, or perhaps due the difficulty in locating radiation oncologists or dermatologic oncologists who specialize in this procedure in your immediate area. You did well in performing your research and hope you're pleased with the outcome.