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Local therapy for Kaposi sarcoma

... This can be done in different ways. Simple excision: For this procedure,
the skin is first numbed with a local anesthetic. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/kaposisarcoma/detailedguide/kaposi-sarcoma-treating-local-therapy

Surgery for vaginal cancer

... The extent of the surgery depends on the size and stage of the cancer. Local
excision. ... For VAIN, a local excision may be all that is needed. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/vaginalcancer/detailedguide/vaginal-cancer-treating-surgery

Surgery for colorectal cancer

... 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

Treatment by stage of colon cancer

... This may be done in most cases by polypectomy (removing the polyp) or
local excision through a colonoscope. Colon resection ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/colonandrectumcancer/detailedguide/colorectal-cancer-treating-by-stage-colon

Treatment of gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors by stage

... Otherwise, treatment is the same as for other small intestine carcinoid tumors:
local excision for small tumors and small bowel resection (removal of ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/gastrointestinalcarcinoidtumor/detailedguide/gastrointestinal-carcinoid-tumors-treating-by-stage

Treatment of vulvar adenocarcinoma

... If Paget's disease is present and there is no associated invasive carcinoma,
treatment is wide local excision or simple vulvectomy (see “Surgery for ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/vulvarcancer/detailedguide/vulvar-cancer-treating-vulvar-adenocinarincoma

Treating Merkel cell carcinoma

... These cancers are first treated with wide local excision (removal of the cancer
and a wide margin of normal skin) or Mohs surgery. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/skincancer-basalandsquamouscell/detailedguide/skin-cancer-basal-and-squamous-cell-treating-merkel-cell-carcinoma

Treatment of anal cancer by stage

... Early stage anal melanomas are treated with surgery to remove the tumor
and a rim of surrounding normal tissue (local excision). ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/analcancer/detailedguide/anal-cancer-treating-by-stage

Cancer Glossary

... See also anus, invasive cancer, rectum. local excision Search [lo-kul
eck-si-zhun]. surgery to remove small superficial (surface) cancers or polyps. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerglossary/index.aspx?letter=l

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... Your Local Offices. Close. ... 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