Skin cancers of scalp, face and neck
Cancer can develop in the skin of head and neck region. These commonly happen due to exposure to sunlight in light skinned individuals. Common skin cancers can be basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell cancer, melanoma etc.
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Investigations
Treatment
Such lesions need to be excised or removed with margins all around. Lymph nodes may need to be addressed in select cases. Depending on how big defect is created, we may need to reconstruct accordingly.