Excisions and Biopsies

Skin cancers can be removed surgically at Warragul Skin Cancer Clinic. Our doctors are trained in advanced surgery techniques and have extensive experience in the management of skin cancers.

If abnormal lesions are identified there are various types of treatment options.

You may be advised to have a biopsy or excision, which is performed under local anaesthesia in one of our specially equipped procedure rooms.

Removal of a lesion happens in one of two different ways, a biopsy or a formal excision. A biopsy is a method whereby a small part of the lesion is removed and sent for analysis.

Formal excision usually take a little longer. This is when the entire lesion is removed and the wound sutured. This lesion is also sent to pathology for analysis.

You will be required to return to the clinic after a period of time to receive your results and have the sutures removed.