Skin Cancer Skin Cancer A Team Approach Treatment of skin cancer often can involve more than one type of medical specialty, such as the combination of dermatology, plastic surgery, medical oncology and pathology. For this reason, finding a medical center with a multidisciplinary team approach to treating skin cancer is important. In a multidisciplinary environment, team members consult, discuss and agree upon the diagnosis and together determine the most appropriate treatment for each skin cancer patient. The skin is the body's largest organ and is afflicted with cancer more often than any other part of the body.
Skin cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal skin cells.
While healthy cells grow, divide and replace each other in an orderly way, cancer cells grow and divide in a rapid, haphazard manner. Excess tissue formation from uncontrolled cell growth is called a tumor. There are three main types of skin cancer. Not all skin cancers look alike. But the most common warning sign is a change on the skin, either a new growth or change in a previous growth.