What are the treatments for Non Melanoma Skin Cancer?
There are many different methods for removing unwanted Non Melanoma skin cancer. The first being cryosurgery. In Cryosurgery you use liquid nitrogen to freeze the unwanted non Melanoma skin cancer. The liquid nitrogen is cold. Very cold. The nitrogen is at a chilling temperature of 196 below zero Celsius. Using the freezing nitrogen, you burn off the unwanted Melanoma skin cancer. Another way to remove the Non Melanoma skin cancer is with curettage and electro desiccation. Curettage and electro desiccation is where they first cut and then jolt the site with electricity. The ‘electric bolts’ flying into the wound burn off the surrounding cells around the tumor and help to stop the cancer from ever coming back. A new type of radiation treatment for non-melanoma skin cancers consists of x rays delivered through the tip of a portable needle-like probe at a high dosage rate. This method allows the radiologist to treat the cancer while sparing the surrounding normal skin. There are certain c
