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Hi, I have just had a consultation on a suspicious lesion on my arm... i was told by my doctor the consultant would take a biopsy... but at the hospital I was told they are just going to cut it out then send it off to be tested! I have been working...
Worried and confused by a lesion on right breast. I’ve had a small red mark for around 8 years. Slight bumpy feel but not a nodule. Nothing has shown up on regular mammograms. Also no doctor, radiographer etc has commented on it apart from one Consultant...
Has anyone on this site (UK) received treatment for EMPD ( extra mammary Paget’s disease ) via MOHS surgery ? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. If so, where were you treated, and what was the outcome. Thanks.
Just joined. I’m booked in for a BCC normal excision on Monday. I just heard about MOHs as a method, from googling BCC removal last week. I saw the surgeon yesterday and asked why I hadn’t been considered for MOHs. He said that it is used for face and...
Hi, l have had my melanoma removed and a WLE carried out 4 weeks ago. I also had a sentinel lymph gland biopsy and am waiting to find out if l need further treatment or not. I have always sympathised with anyone who l’ve known or heard about who is in...
Hi everyone I just had a consultation with a plastic surgeon yesterday where he said the lump near my inner eye is a BCC. I'm just waiting for the date of the op where he'll do an excision and skin flap which will hopefully be soon. I just had a few...
Im going to hospital for removal of BCC from my scalp. No doubt Ill be seeing my consultant as a follow up. I think I almost certainly have BCC on one of my ears too. Has anyone had BCC removed from ears?
3 weeks ago my 90yr old grandmother confessed to having a 'sore arm' she let me have a look & I almost cried at what I seen on her forearm. I took her to the GP that afternoon & basically said we would be sitting in reception until someone seen her! Fortunately...
Hi, my mom was diagnosed with squamous cell cancer on her head 2 days ago, they don't know if it's attached to her skull until MRI scan next week. I don't know wat to say or do cuz my mom is my life
Hi all. I have just been diagnosed with a BCC on the tip of my nose and am awaiting MOHS and flap surgery. My question is quite unusual, I’ve had a really itchy body for a few weeks. Mostly on my torso and arms but also on my head and feet. Has anyone...
