Other Treatments

SKIN CANCER SURGERY

The treatment modality for skin cancer is based on several characteristics, including, but not limited to location, size, aggressiveness and recurrence. Other treatment options for lower risk cancers are listed below. Most of these treatments have a cure rate of about 90% or lower.

Curettage & Electrodesiccation
A treatment in which the cancerous tumor and its extensions are removed by scraping (curettage) and burning (electrodesiccation).
Cryosurgery
A method in which liquid nitrogen is applied on diseased tissue and the surrounding area. The nitrogen freezes the tumor which causes death and destruction of the lesion.
Radiation Therapy
A treatment that is used to destroy the cancer and its microscopic extensions by using x‐rays to destroy cancer cells. This would require a referral to an outside specialist.

GentleCure
Image-guided superficial radiation therapy (SRT) treats both cancerous and healthy tissue, as it cannot selectively target only the cancer. This would require a referral to an outside specialist.
Topical Cream
An excellent way to treat precancers (actinic keratoses), including visible keratoses and lesions that are currently invisible to the eye that may grow and harm you at a later time.
Blue Light Photodynamic Therapy Illuminator “PDT”
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses light and a light-sensitive dye to treat pre-cancers and other diseases.

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General & Cosmetic Dermatology
7813 Shrader Rd
Henrico, VA 23294
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Mohs & Plastic Surgery
Skin Surgery Center of Virginia
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