Getting GentleCure (IM-SRT) for my 2 Basal Cell Carcinomas

@texashummingbird: you are having your fair share of medical procedures and findings! So sorry to hear you're going through so much at once. For your questions about the breast cancer and upcoming surgery, you can get more answers and support at this forum: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/breast-cancer/

Wishing you the best and a speedy recovery!

I am looking for those with experince or thoughts on Gentle Cure srt versus Moh's surgery. I am 80 year old female. The basil cell is located on sidewall of nose and is in situ. Second site is the tip of my nose and is squamous cell in situ originating from an actinic keratosis. Since my Medicaire and secondary cover both that isn't an issue. My issue is having to spend a full day getting up extremly early with a small puppy that doesn't wake till 8am as I do also. I would prefer going a few times a week at regular appointment times for a few weeks. I've been researching the Gentle Cure and it is said to not require any cutting and stitching. And leaves no scaring. I saw where my neighbor had had one on her nose removed via Moh's and she has a scar down the center of her nose. She said she had fibrous tissue that had also formed visable on her nose. That got me really more than curious about the Gentle Cure. Also with neither of these cancers invasive into any other layers of skin at this time. What are your experiences with both types. Thanks for any and all replies.

I am looking for those with experince or thoughts on Gentle Cure srt versus Moh's surgery. I am 80 year old female. The basil cell is located on sidewall of nose and is in situ. Second site is the tip of my nose and is squamous cell in situ originating from an actinic keratosis. Since my Medicaire and secondary cover both that isn't an issue. My issue is having to spend a full day getting up extremly early with a small puppy that doesn't wake till 8am as I do also. I would prefer going a few times a week at regular appointment times for a few weeks. I've been researching the Gentle Cure and it is said to not require any cutting and stitching. And leaves no scaring. I saw where my neighbor had had one on her nose removed via Moh's and she has a scar down the center of her nose. She said she had fibrous tissue that had also formed visable on her nose. That got me really more than curious about the Gentle Cure. Also with neither of these cancers invasive into any other layers of skin at this time. What are your experiences with both types. Thanks for any and all replies.

I am looking for those with experince or thoughts on Gentle Cure srt versus Moh's surgery. I am 80 year old female. The basil cell is located on sidewall of nose and is in situ. Second site is the tip of my nose and is squamous cell in situ originating from an actinic keratosis. Since my Medicaire and secondary cover both that isn't an issue. My issue is having to spend a full day getting up extremly early with a small puppy that doesn't wake till 8am as I do also. I would prefer going a few times a week at regular appointment times for a few weeks. I've been researching the Gentle Cure and it is said to not require any cutting and stitching. And leaves no scaring. I saw where my neighbor had had one on her nose removed via Moh's and she has a scar down the center of her nose. She said she had fibrous tissue that had also formed visable on her nose. That got me really more than curious about the Gentle Cure. Also with neither of these cancers invasive into any other layers of skin at this time. What are your experiences with both types. Thanks for any and all replies.

Have you seen the Mohs surgeon. ?If it a doctor other
than your dermatologist you are entitled to have a consultation with them discussing options before scheduling surgery. No rush in your situation.

I am looking for those with experince or thoughts on Gentle Cure srt versus Moh's surgery. I am 80 year old female. The basil cell is located on sidewall of nose and is in situ. Second site is the tip of my nose and is squamous cell in situ originating from an actinic keratosis. Since my Medicaire and secondary cover both that isn't an issue. My issue is having to spend a full day getting up extremly early with a small puppy that doesn't wake till 8am as I do also. I would prefer going a few times a week at regular appointment times for a few weeks. I've been researching the Gentle Cure and it is said to not require any cutting and stitching. And leaves no scaring. I saw where my neighbor had had one on her nose removed via Moh's and she has a scar down the center of her nose. She said she had fibrous tissue that had also formed visable on her nose. That got me really more than curious about the Gentle Cure. Also with neither of these cancers invasive into any other layers of skin at this time. What are your experiences with both types. Thanks for any and all replies.

@seniormed I see the Mohs surgeon this coming Thursday. But I do not want Mohs. Now I've seen and talked to four neighbors and seen the scars they have from their nose moh's surgery. I also can't sit for that long due to degerative disc disease in lumbar spine. There must be other options for a sidewall basal cell in situ and the squamous cell on tip of nose. Plus as I tried to explain to the dermatologist those tiny pink pimple but flat scaley patches come and go. May be four today and only one tomorrow. So to me this means that the whole tip or end of nose has what have been repeatedly treated as actinic keratosis. So then Moh's isn't going to even touch the others you can't see that day. I did read that blue light doesn't penetrate deep enough though to get the root of them so to speak.

@2buddy I am a 78 year old man. I had basal cell carcinoma on the tip of my nose. I had the Gentlecure superficial radiation therapy - twenty sessions beginning this past December and finishing in January. I do have a little crater like scar on tip of my nose which is the result of the biopsy not the radiation. I am very satisfied with the results. I wish you all the best.

@cleveland26 Thanks for your reply. Here I can get the SRT at the facility here. Did they use the wand to visualize the cancer each time you had a treatment? I'm about to write the Dermatology practice and tell them I do not want to be cut. That I would like the SRT at their facility. Is there a specific way you asked for this treatment vs Mohs? Right now I can see that I will also have a small crater type scar tip of nose. The sidewall of the nose biopsy site is smooth as can be. So 20 sessions for basal cell which is sidewall of nose . Tip is the squamous cell in situ. Was yours also in situ?