Surgery to remove (excise) melanoma removes the cancer and a border of healthy tissue. In the "Area of excision" picture: The inner circle represents the melanoma and healthy tissue that are excised.

Tests can tell whether a lump is a phyllodes tumor. Wide excision surgery removes the phyllodes tumor along with some of the healthy breast tissue around it. This helps prevent your tumor from ...

The following year, she underwent removals for additional melanomas before having a “wide excision melanoma” procedure. In December 2024, Mellencamp celebrated some good news regarding her ...

The epidermis is your body's most superficial layer of skin. Treatment for stage 0 melanoma involves a wide excision surgery. A healthcare provider cuts away the affected skin. The affected area ...

The most extensive procedure is called a wide surgical excision, and it's typically done under general anesthesia in a hospital. Here, the lesions tunnels and scar tissue will be removed.

Total mesorectal excision (TME) is a specific surgical technique used in the treatment of rectal cancer in which the bowel with the tumor is entirely removed along with surrounding fat and lymph nodes ...

These include three discrete pathways for the excision of damaged bases, called base excision repair, mismatch repair and nucleotide excision repair (NER). NER in human cells is a complex ...

Mohs micrographic surgery tops conventional excision for hand and foot melanomas by reducing rates of reconstruction with positive margins, repeat surgeries, and time to definitive reconstruction.