Collier Skin Cancer Center

Mohs micrographic surgery has set a new standard in skin cancer treatment. An increasing number of physicians are performing Mohs surgery, which is now widely accepted as the most effective treatment for most types of skin cancer. When it comes to your skin cancer treatment, you deserve no less than the best.

The Academy supports surgical treatment (e.g., excision, Mohs, destruction) as the optimal primary intervention for BCC and SCCs. Based on current practice and evidence, surgery is the most effective treatment, able to provide the highest cure rates at a lower cost that any type of radiation therapy.

I want to take this moment to personally thank you for removing my cancerous site. Both you and your staff made me feel at ease before, during and after the procedure. I could not have asked for more. When you said the site healed well and that within a few months there would be little to notice, I was even more pleased.

The most important thing you can do to lessen the possibility or developing future skin cancers is to protect your skin from further sun damage. This is easily achieved by the daily application of sunscreens to all exposed skin, including the tops of the ears. You also may wish to obtain further protection by wearing a broad brimmed hat and appropriate protective clothing.

Mohs micrographic surgery is a specialized technique for the total removal of skin cancers. 2. Surgical removal of the cancer is done in a specific fashion so that the entire undersurface and skin edges can be examined microscopically. 3. The tissue is dyed and a corresponding map is drawn so that any tumor found microscopically can be located exactly on the patient.