Cancer Treatment Centers of America, June 7, 2021.
Mohs surgery (also known as Mohs micrographic surgery, MMS or Mohs) is a type of outpatient surgical procedure used to treat multiple types of skin cancer. During the procedure, the surgeon removes a layer of tissue from the cancerous region and examines it under a microscope to look for remaining cancer cells that were not removed during the procedure. If cells are detected, the surgeon will remove another layer of tissue, and so on, until no more cancer cells have been detected.
Dr. Frederic Mohs developed the surgery as a medical student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 1930s, and it’s been considered an effective treatment option for keratoses (precancerous lesions), early-stage melanomas and carcinomas. Read More >