Basal Cell Carcinoma Skin Cancer Treatment Options

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Basal cell carcinoma skin cancer is the most common type of skin cancer, although it's rarely kills its victims, the disfigurement that caused by basal cell carcinoma is quite distressing.

Basal cell carcinoma skin cancer usually treats with the following skin cancer treatment:

1. Moh's Surgery
2. Chemotherapy
3. Standard Surgical Excision
4. Immunotherapy
5. Radiation

Moh's Surgery

Some people claimed that Moh's Surgery has a very high cure rate as skin cancer treatment, up to 98%.  Moh's surgery works by surgically excising the tumor and then immediately examined under a microscope. The base and edges are microscopically examined to verify sufficient margins before the surgical repair of the site. If the margins are insufficient, more is removed from the patient until the margins are sufficient. Moh's surgery is also used for squamous cell carcinoma, however, the cure rate is not as high as Moh's surgery for basal cell carcinoma.

Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy as skin cancer treatment usually uses 5-fluorouracil. Skin cancer topical treatment with 5% Imiquimod cream, with five applications per week for six weeks has a reported 70-90% success rate at reducing, even removing, the basal cell carcinoma skin cancer. Chemotherapy often used after Moh's surgery to eliminate the residual superficial basal cell carcinoma after the invasive portion is removed.

Standard surgical excision

Standard surgical excision is the most preferred method in treating basal cell carcinoma, even among all basal cell carcinoma skin cancer treatment. The cure rate of this skin cancer treatment depends on surgical margin, and when standard surgical margin is applied (usually 4 mm or more), a high cure rate can be achieved with standard excision.

Immunotherapy

Immunotherapy research suggests that treatment using Euphorbia peplus, a common garden weed, may be effective. Australian biopharmaceutical company Peplin is developing this as topical treatment for BCC.

Radiation

Radiation therapy can be used to treat all type of basal cell carcinoma skin cancer.  The cure rate that radiation has is up to 95% for small tumor, or 80% for big tumor.


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