{"id":1144,"date":"2019-12-31T06:35:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T06:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skinwellnessflorida.com\/blog\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2019-12-31T06:35:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T06:35:39","slug":"the-benefits-of-mohs-surgery-for-skin-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skinwellnessflorida.com\/blog\/the-benefits-of-mohs-surgery-for-skin-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of Mohs Surgery for Skin Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mohs surgery, or\nMohs micrographic surgery, is a highly effective treatment for common non-melanoma\nskin cancer types, like basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. The\ntechnique is intended to remove cancerous tumors as completely and permanently\nas possible with precision while leaving the healthy neighboring tissue intact.\nThis method involves a specially trained physician microscopically identifying\nand directly targeting cancer cells for excision layer by layer. The\nfellowship-trained Skin Wellness Physicians dermatologists in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skinwellnessflorida.com\/medical\/mohs-surgery.html\">Florida perform Mohs surgery<\/a> for patients who would best benefit from\nthe technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Skin Cancer Foundation\nconsiders Mohs surgery to have one of the highest cure rates of all skin cancer\ntherapies. Unlike some traditional cancer treatments, the Mohs method combines\nsurgery and pathology into a single session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether or not\nyou\u2019re a good candidate for Mohs surgery will depend on your age, genetics, the\ntype and stage of cancer, the state of your immune system, and other factors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohs surgery\nworks well on skin cancers that are severe, aggressive, have recurred or have a\nhigh chance of recurring, have poorly defined borders, or are located on body\nparts where the patient wants to save as much tissue as possible, such as the\neyes, ears, nose, or mouth. A local anesthetic may be administered to patients\nbefore starting this outpatient procedure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a session,\nthe cancer is stripped away layer by layer by a specially trained surgeon, who\nlooks at each sample under a microscope until no cancer cells are visible,\nindicating the entire tumor has been removed. In addition to its functional\napplications, this type of surgery also creates the best possible aesthetic\noutcome. It does this by minimizing the amount of tissue that is extracted\nunnecessarily to avoid disfigurement, minimizing scars for larger tumors, and\nrepairing the wound afterward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skinwellnessflorida.com\/\">Skin Wellness Physicians<\/a> is dedicated to providing caring,\nattentive support to patients from Naples, Marco Island, and throughout Florida\nwho have skin cancer. Would you like to learn more or set up a Mohs surgery\ntreatment plan? To get started, call (239) 732-0044 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skinwellnessflorida.com\/contact-us\/contact-us.html\">submit a contact form<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mohs surgery, or Mohs micrographic surgery, is a highly effective treatment for common non-melanoma skin cancer types, like basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. The technique is intended to remove cancerous tumors as completely and permanently as possible with precision while leaving the healthy neighboring tissue intact. This method involves a specially trained physician &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skinwellnessflorida.com\/blog\/the-benefits-of-mohs-surgery-for-skin-cancer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Benefits of Mohs Surgery for Skin Cancer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[59,16],"class_list":["post-1144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-skin-cancer-treatment","tag-mohs-surgery","tag-skin-cancer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skinwellnessflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skinwellnessflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skinwellnessflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skinwellnessflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skinwellnessflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.skinwellnessflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1145,"href":"https:\/\/www.skinwellnessflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144\/revisions\/1145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skinwellnessflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skinwellnessflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skinwellnessflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}