Surgery to remove (excise) melanoma removes the cancer and a border of healthy tissue. In the "Area of excision" picture: The inner circle represents the melanoma and healthy tissue that are excised.

You normally have a second operation to remove more tissue if you're diagnosed with melanoma. This is called a wide local excision. Your doctor removes a larger area of healthy skin and tissue around ...

you usually have an operation to remove 0.5cm or more of healthy tissue around where the melanoma was. This is called a wide local excision. If your doctor is sure they have removed enough tissue, ...

Dr. Matthew L. Meizlish (Medicine): A 57-year-old woman with resected stage IIIC cutaneous melanoma was admitted to this hospital because of fever. The patient had been in her usual state of ...

“I specifically went through a ‘wide excision melanoma, soft tissue defect reconstruction ... body that get less sun like the bottom of the foot, lower leg and palms." Should you get screened ...