Teddi Mellencamp was diagnosed with melanoma in 2022. Since then, she's had multiple biopsies, surgeries and the cancer has ...

The epidermis is your body's most superficial layer of skin. Treatment for stage 0 melanoma involves a wide excision surgery. A healthcare provider cuts away the affected skin. The affected area ...

After a five-week regimen of applying immunotherapy cream to her back failed, Mellencamp went in for a “wide excision melanoma” procedure. On Instagram, she shared an image of the original ...

Teddi Mellencamp offered an update on her health as she recovers from surgery to remove multiple brain tumors. "I am grateful for the incredible surgeons, doctors and nurses who made my surgery a ...

Teddi Mellencamp says she has "multiple tumors" after undergoing scans. The former "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star ...

excision. In each case, the central melanoma in situ was debulked, and successive concentric 3- mm–wide saucers extending through subcutis were removed for frozen section inspection of the ...

This is important so that the melanoma does not grow back at the original location later. If the doctor did not take wide margins during your original biopsy, you may need another excision to remove ...

Mohs micrographic surgery tops conventional excision for hand and foot melanomas by reducing rates of reconstruction with positive margins, repeat surgeries, and time to definitive reconstruction.

Dr. De Jesus: Melanoma is a type of skin cancer originating in the pigment producing cells of the skin. It accounts for about ...

The following year, she underwent removals for additional melanomas before having a “wide excision melanoma” procedure. In December 2024, Mellencamp celebrated some good news regarding her ...