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Cryosurgery for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Cryosurgery is the treatment of choice for superficial actinic keratoses. And it often is successful in treating small lesions of squamous cell carcinoma in situ.1
If cryosurgery is used to treat skin cancer, there is a small chance that the skin cancer will return after treatment. One review of studies of basal cell skin cancer treated with cryosurgery found a cure rate of over 90 out of 100 people.2
| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: October 1, 2010 |
| Medical Review: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine Randall D. Burr, MD - Dermatology | |
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