Consult your doctor if you have sores that will not heal. Skin cancer can be difficult to recognise, so a biopsy is usually performed. The tissue is then examined under a microscope. The doctor may choose to perform the biopsy himself, but it is usually performed by a dermatologist or a plastic surgeon. The doctor will also look for signs indicating that the cancer has spread to the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes.
Skin cancer is treated in a hospital.
It is important that the cancer be detected as early as possible. The patient's chances of being cured largely depend on how early the treatment is started. If the disease is not treated, it will cause death. Surgery is the standard treatment for mole cancer. It is necessary to remove not only the tumour, but also some of the normal skin around it, and the fatty tissue beneath it.