Caught early, skin cancers are highly treatable. It’s best for treatment to start as soon as possible after the lesion appears for many reasons. Firstly, the earlier skin cancer is detected and treated, the higher the rate of cure. Early tumours are also much less likely to spread to other parts of the body. Once the skin cancer has spread, it makes treatment much more difficult and cure rates are not as good. The smaller the lesion is when we come to treat it, the less impact the treatment will have on your appearance and the cosmetic outcome will be much better.

Because I often treat skin cancers that occur on the face, It’s important to treat the cancer early because if it’s allowed to infiltrate into the eyelid or into the lip, it can significantly affect the function of these tissues, which leads to symptoms that are difficult to manage. It’s tempting to think that if a skin cancer has taken a long time to develop, you can wait for treatment. I urge you to seek treatment with me as soon as you are aware of the skin cancer to give you the best chance of cure, ensuring all treatment options are available to you, and maintaining your looks.

If your cancer has skin cancer has spread or is too extensive to be removed or treated with radiotherapy, I can offer drug treatments including targeted therapy or immunotherapy.