What It Actually Looks Like to Get a Skin Cancer Treated, Step by Step
Two paths, same destination
Finding a concerning spot and having it successfully removed is the same outcome either way. What differs is how many steps, appointments and new faces it takes to get there.
The general pathway
Not every clinic is equipped to biopsy and treat a concerning finding in-house. When that's the case, a skin check that turns up something concerning means a referral for a biopsy, and if removal is required, often another referral again before the procedure happens. Each step is its own appointment, sometimes with a different provider than the last.
1. Skin check, concern found
2. Referral
3. Biopsy/removal required
4. Referral
5. Successful removal
The SkinGP pathway
The same concern, found at a skin check, is biopsied and, where removal is required, treated surgically, all in the one clinic, by the doctor who found it. No referrals in between, no new provider to bring up to speed.
1. Skin check, concern found
2. Biopsy/removal required
3. Successful removal
All in the one clinic
Some cases do still call for a specialist, for example, a lesion in a complex location that needs reconstructive surgery. When that happens, we send your biopsy results and photographic records to the specialist.
Now in Glen Iris
This is the same model now available at our Glen Iris clinic, serving Malvern, Malvern East, Camberwell, Ashburton, Hawthorn East and Burwood, alongside Woodend.
No referral needed to book.
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