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Dr Kara Heelan
The Royal Marsden
Is skin cancer curable?
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The vast majority of skin cancers are curable, in particular if they are caught and detected early.
The vast majority of basal cell carcinomas, if surgically excised, are cured.
And again, also the vast majority of squamous cell carcinomas are also once surgically excised cured.
Melanoma, which is our more serious type of skin cancer, if this is detected at an early or thin stage, it has a high likelihood of curability.
However, even in our more advanced patients, the patients where melanoma has already spread, there are lots of new treatments which allow people to live healthy and normal lives.