Malignant melanoma is the fastest-growing and 7th ... with high index of suspicions allowed us to perform an excisional biopsy which was also adequate for the primary treatment of this superficial ...

In 1992, the technique of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB ... trial comparing wide local excision (WLE) and SLNB with WLE and observation in the treatment of melanoma. Many other areas of ...

A skin cancer survivor has spoken of breaking down in hospital after being told he had Stage 2 melanoma at Altnagelvin in ...

and excisional or incisional biopsy where a doctor will remove all (excisional) or part (incisional) mole, If melanoma has spread, then there are additional tests that doctors will perform including; ...

Any lymph nodes with radiotracer activity will be removed. The biopsy will then be sent to a laboratory for testing. Additional lymph nodes may be dissected. The wide local excision of the melanoma ...

Surgery to remove (excise) melanoma removes the cancer and a border of healthy tissue. In the "Area of excision" picture: The inner circle represents the melanoma and healthy tissue that are excised.

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a heterogeneous malignant neoplasm and can cause great morbidity as most occur in highly visible areas ...

Excision biopsy revealed melanoma of the mucosa, Breslow depth 5 mm. Preoperative staging showed no evidence of distant metastasis. The melanoma was completely excised by partial maxillectomy and ...