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Is It Typical to Need Mohs Surgery on Your Shoulder?

asked 7 months ago by kim in corona in Corona, CA
Latest answer by F. Victor Rueckl, MD
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Tags: shoulder, normal

I just had a squamoush cell removed on my shoulder they are now telling me to have mohs surgery. I do not have insurance and Im a cash patient what might be the cost approx. of this treatment

4 answers to Is It Typical to Need Mohs Surgery on Your Shoulder?

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Mohs surgery for skin cancers on the shoulder

There are many reasons that a skin cancer might be treated by Mohs surgery. The most common indications include location (e.g. eyelids, lips, nose, ears), aggressive types of skin cancer, poorly defined clinical margins, involvement of the surgical margins, large skin cancers (e.g. > 1 cm on the face or > 2cm on the trunk and extremities), perineural invovlement (i.e. tumor wrapped around the nerve). Since they're recommending Mohs after the skin cancer was excised (according to... more
Andrew Kaufman, MD

Los Angeles Dermatologic Surgeon

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Mohs surgery on the shoulder

Mohs surgery is usually reserved for areas where we try to preserve as much skin as possible. Typically on areas like the trunk, arms, legs, you can take a wider excision because it's easier to close and there is more skin to give. On areas like the face, hands, genitals, ears, etc. we need to make the smallest excisions possible and preserve as much skin as possible, so we only excise small areas level by level, widening and deepening only in needed areas, as are read during slides... more
F. Victor Rueckl, MD

Las Vegas Dermatologist
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Mohs Surgery has highest cure rate for skin cancer removal

Yes, Mohs Surgery offers the highest cure rate for non-melanoma skin cancer, such as squamous cell. Because squamous cell cancer can metastasize (i.e. spread to distant body sites) and result in death and inadvertent incomplete removal by less accurate methods increases this risk, the most successful treatment method, Mohs Surgery is often the best option, especially when treating an aggressive and/or large skin cancer. Cost depends upon various factors; but, I would expect... more
Robert Strimling, MD

Las Vegas Dermatologist
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Depends on the size and type of squamous cell carcinoma

Mohs surgery is typically reserved for the areas of the head, the neck, the hands, and genitalia . There are a few appropriate situations where it may be done on the trunk or extremities. In these situations, the tumor can be of a large size (>2 cm in diameter), or the tumor can exhibit aggressive histology (poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma or an infiltrative basal cell carcinoma are a couple of examples). If you have a fairly small, well to... more
Brent Spencer, MD

Frisco Dermatologic Surgeon

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