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Article: Skin Cancer; Treatment.
- Article from:
- NWHRC Health Center - Skin Cancer
- Article date:
- August 15, 2006
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There are several treatments your dermatologist may prescribe for actinic keratoses (precancerous lesions) or skin cancer:
For precancerous lesions:
Topical chemotherapy, which uses drugs like fluorouracil (5-FU) to kill precancerous cells
Cryotherapy, which involves freezing precancers with liquid nitrogen
For Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers:
Curettage and electrodessication. A sharp instrument resembling a vegetable peeler called a curette is used to scrape away the cancer and an electric current or needle burns the borders of the site where the tissue was removed. The process is repeated one to three times.
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