Surgical removal is the cornerstone of treatment for both basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma. For more information, see the surgery.
People who can not undergo surgery, can be treated with external beam radiation. Radiotherapy is the use of a narrow beam of radiation directed at the skin lesion. The radiation kills the abnormal cells and destroys the lesion. Radiation therapy can cause irritation or burning of surrounding normal skin. It can also cause fatigue. These side effects are temporary. In addition, a topical cream was recently approved for the treatment of certain low-risk cancers non-melanoma skin.
In advanced cases, immune therapies, vaccines, or chemotherapy is used. These treatments are typically offered as clinical trials. Clinical trials are studies of new treatments to see if they can be tolerated, and works better than existing treatments.
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