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Dr Kara Heelan
The Royal Marsden
What is the prognosis for non-melanoma skin cancer?
Transcript
The prognosis for non-melanoma skin cancer is extremely good and the vast majority of non-melanoma skin cancers are cured when surgically excised.
There are some that are higher risk, in particular squamous cell carcinomas which occur in areas such as ears, lips and these do have a higher tendency to spread.
Even in these patients we now have treatments available to prolong survival.