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Excisional skin surgery

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-003048

A surgical procedure used to remove moles, cysts, skin cancer, and other skin growths using local anesthesia. To treat skin cancer, the doctor uses a scalpel to remove the entire tumor and some of the healthy tissue around it.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-003048
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-003048",
  "term": "Excisional skin surgery",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A surgical procedure used to remove moles, cysts, skin cancer, and other skin growths using local anesthesia. To treat skin cancer, the doctor uses a scalpel to remove the entire tumor and some of the healthy tissue around it.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/excisional-skin-surgery/"
}

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