Services Provided

Gippsland Melanoma and Skin Cancer Clinic provides:

  • ‘Skin check’ and annual skin surveillance
  • Diagnostic workup including simple biopsy
  • Surgical excision of moles, spots or lesions either at Fitzpatrick House, Sale or Bairnsdale or as an in-hospital procedure
  • ‘Wide local excision’ for more serious skin lesions
  • ‘Sentinel node biopsy’ as an in-hospital procedure after lymphoscintigraphy (web page link to Sentinel node biopsy page)
  • Post-surgery care and follow-up
  • Referral to melanoma trial centres such as Peter MacCallum in Melbourne at Parkville for advanced melanomas or melanomas in special and difficult anatomical sites