INTRODUCTION TO SKIN CANCER CARE

Hermit Park Clinic and Skin Cancer Care

provides :

Quality traditional family health care and
State of the art Skin Cancer Diagnosis and treatment.

Complete skin examination including Dermoscopy* and when indicated digital surveillance using the MoleMax II** system

Skin Cancer Treatments including:

• Liquid Nitrogen Cryotherapy – “freezing treatment”


• Curettage and Cautry – scarping and electrical destruction of the cancer


• PDT – Photodynamic therapy – a new treatment using the “Metvix” system


• Chemotherapy – with Effudix and Aldara Creams


• Surgical Removal – including simple and complicated closures ( skin flaps and skin grafts)


• Referral on request or for advanced or complex problems requiring specialised services.

* Dermsocopy uses an instrument called a dermatoscope to examine skin lesions (spots or lumps on the skin) with bright lighting and magnification. Is allows structures below the surface of the skin to be viewed in detail and increases the accuracy of diagnosis of pigmented skin lesions. Consequently fewer benign moles are removed for pathological diagnosis.

** Suspicious moles that don’t meet the criteria for removal can be monitored over time using the MoleMax II system which allows for storage and comparison of sequential images, to assist in identifying new lesions and change in existing lesions.