Mohs micrographic surgery, fixed-tissue technique, for excision of nasal melanoma provides three important benefits: 1) assurance of eradication of the main mass along with its "silent" contiguous ...

An editor in his early 40s thought the tiny numb spot on his nose was innocuous. A year and six doctors later, he learned it was anything but.

Mohs surgery offers the highest success rate of all skin cancer treatments up to 99 percent minimizing both the chance of re-growth and the extent of scarring. This surgery is mostly used for areas of ...

According to Christopher J. Arpey, MD, there is no single best approach to treating lentigo maligna (LM) and LM melanoma (LMM), but Mohs micrographic surgery is a sensible option in cases where ...