surgery
Surgery is a common treatment for skin cancer -- used about 90 percent of the time, and often includes the following procedures:
Surgery is a common treatment for skin cancer -- used about 90 percent of the time, and often includes the following procedures:
- cryosurgery - freezing the tumor, which kills cancer cells.
- electrodesiccation and curettage - burning the lesion and removing it with a sharp instrument.
- grafting - uses a skin graft to replace skin that is damaged when cancer is removed.
- laser therapy - using a narrow beam of light to remove cancer cells.
- Mohs micrographic surgery - removing the cancer and as little normal tissue as possible. During this surgery, the physician removes the cancer and then uses a microscope to look at the cancerous area to make sure no cancer cells remain.
- simple excision - cutting the cancer from the skin along with some of the healthy tissue around it.
radiation therapy
Radiation therapy uses a radiation machine that emits x-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
Radiation therapy uses a radiation machine that emits x-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
chemotherapy
treatment with drugs to destroy cancer cells.
topical chemotherapy - chemotherapy given as a cream or lotion placed on the skin to kill cancer cells.
systemic chemotherapy - chemotherapy taken by pill, or needle injection into a vein or muscle.
2. Which should Bill choose?
In my opinion, i believe Bill should start with the surgery to remove his skin cancer. It is used 90% of the time and is safer than most other treatments which proves it is the most efficient. There are even six different steps to ensure Bill that the cancer can be fully removed. Most of the treatments range from 5 minutes to 200 minutes to complete the procedure. Bill's cancer hasn't spread throughout the entire body so i believe it is safer to follow through with getting surgery on the tumor.
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I agree with Janna's decision. The cancer has yet to travel to other parts of the body. Also there are different surgeries that fit to this case. The best one is the simple excision one.
I agree, because the cancer is in early stages, surgery is the easiest and most efficent option. It has yet to spread, so the best route it to take it out while it's still a smaller sizedtumor
Also, surgery would most likely have the least harmful side effects. It seems like every other option comes with some kind of harmful or uncomfortable feature
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