Mohs Surgery: Q&A
Ask a QuestionIs It Typical to Need Mohs Surgery on Your Shoulder?
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
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kim in corona
in Corona, CA
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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...
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Mohs for the shoulder
The benefits of Mohs surgery include a lower rate of recurrence of the tumor (ie, the chances of the cancer ever coming back are lower with Mohs than any other procedure) and a more targeted removal of the tumor (only cancerous tissue is removed, sparing healthy tissue).
Mohs is recommended for the shoulder if the size is greater than 2.0cm, if you have any immune suppression, if the tumor is more aggressive than usual, or if you are young (under 40 years of...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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