I am female 42 years old. Had excision surgery for a lesion above eyebrow that was not healing for 6 months and biopsy confirmed sclerosis bcc not fully excised. Wait times for MOHs surgery are 6 months in my province. Should I have another excision surgery performed or wait for Mohs?
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This is a decision that you will need to carefully consider. Basal cell carcinoma is typically a very slow growing tumor but this can vary. In most cases, waiting an additional month should not create any issues but this is a risk that you will need to be comfortable taking. It would be helpful...
"Slow Mohs" is primarily done when a physician doesn't have an in-office histopathologist and must send every level out to a lab for examination to examine the margins of the cancer being removed. When traditional Mohs are performed we do it in-office with a histopath here so that each level is...