... Simple excision. Thin melanomas can usually be completely cured by a fairly minor surgery called simple excision. ... Re-excision (wide excision). ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/skincancer-melanoma/detailedguide/melanoma-skin-cancer-treating-surgery
... meant to help you understand medical language you might find in the pathology report from a biopsy, such as a needle biopsy or an excision biopsy ...
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/understandingyourdiagnosis/understandingyourpathologyreport/breastpathology/benign-breast-conditions-pathology
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/understandingyourdiagnosis/understandingyourpathologyreport/breastpathology/atypical-hyperplasia
... This is known as wide-excision. ... A wide-excision with clean margins minimizes the risk that the cancer will grow back where it started. ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/bonecancer/detailedguide/bone-cancer-treating-surgery
... Simple excision. Thin melanomas can often be cured by a fairly minor operation called simple excision. ... Wide-excision (re-excision). ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/skincancer-melanoma/overviewguide/melanoma-skin-cancer-overview-treating-surgery
... The extent of the surgery depends on the size and stage of the cancer. Local excision. ... This is sometimes called a wide excision. ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/vaginalcancer/detailedguide/vaginal-cancer-treating-surgery
... Polypectomy and local excision: Some early colon cancers (stage 0 and some early stage I tumors) or polyps can be removed by surgery through a ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/colonandrectumcancer/detailedguide/colorectal-cancer-treating-surgery
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/understandingyourdiagnosis/understandingyourpathologyreport/breastpathology/lobular-carcinoma-in-situ
... Stage I. Stage I melanoma is treated by wide excision (surgery to remove the melanoma as well as a margin of normal skin around it). ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/skincancer-melanoma/detailedguide/melanoma-skin-cancer-treating-by-stage
... This is called a wide-excision. ... A wide-excision with clean margins gives the lowest chance that the cancer will grow back where it started. ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/bonecancer/overviewguide/bone-cancer-overview-treating-surgery
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