A second-generation physician, Dr. Sally A. Booth runs an eponymous, private dermatology practice in Indianapolis, Indiana, the Booth Dermatology & Cosmetic Care Center. Dr. Sally Booth is proficient in treating skin cancer, including the use of Mohs micrographic surgery for skin cancer removal.

1. Mohs Micrographic Surgery for
Skin Cancer
By Sally Booth

2. Introduction
• A second-generation physician, Dr. Sally A. Booth
runs an eponymous, private dermatology practice in
Indianapolis, Indiana, the Booth Dermatology &
Cosmetic Care Center. Dr. Sally Booth is proficient
in treating skin cancer, including the use of Mohs
micrographic surgery for skin cancer removal.
Its inventor, Dr. Frederic Mohs, developed the
procedure in the 1930s. It has proven to be the best
method for curing two major skin cancers, basal cell
carcinomas (which affect the deepest layers of the
skin) and squamous cell carcinomas (which affect
the upper layers).

3. Mohs Micrographic Surgery
• Procedurally, after numbing the area with a local
anesthetic, the surgeon slices off thin layers of skin
tissue. He or she places each layer under a
microscope and looks for cancer cells. Each slice is
coated with a staining chemical that reveals
cancerous growths. The surgeon repeats this process
over and over until no cancer is found in the tissue
cut away. The operation is then over. In other types
of skin cancer surgery, the affected tissue is removed
and examined later. By contrast, in a Mohs
procedure, the skin is tested for cancer during the
operation itself.