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Cryosurgery for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Cryosurgery is used more often for precancerous growths such as actinic keratoses than for skin cancer.
Cryosurgery is done to destroy skin cancer if:
- It is the first time a skin cancer has developed in that specific area (primary lesion).
- There are multiple skin cancers that need to be destroyed.
- You have a bleeding disorder.
- You cannot, or do not want to, use another procedure to remove a skin cancer.
| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: October 1, 2010 |
| Medical Review: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine Randall D. Burr, MD - Dermatology | |
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