A type of surgery called wide local excision is often done.

If local excision is elected, the patient should be carefully followed.

The tumor is then removed in a wide local excision.

Your doctor may use one of these surgeries: Local excision.

Very selected patients with T2 tumors may be candidates for local excision.

Local excision: The cancer is cut from the skin along with a small amount of normal tissue around it.

In a small proportion of patients, local excision alone is sufficient therapy.

In many cases local excision with skin grafting is considered the appropriate treatment.

Polypectomy or local excision is used when the cancer has been caught in its early stages.

Local excision: Taking out the melanoma and some of the normal tissue around it.