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High-Risk Skin Cancer Clinic

Dermatology Clinic

High-Risk Skin Cancer Clinic

If you are at high risk for developing skin cancer due to an organ transplant or suppressed immune system, you need an advanced level of care. Our expert team catches skin cancers in the early stages, when they are easily treated. We believe in highly personalized care that involves carefully monitoring patients with early biopsies and frequent appointments. Our robust research program offers you access to clinical trials for melanoma, squamous cell skin cancer and basal cell carcinoma.

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Our Doctors

Care and Treatment

Skin Cancers We Treat

We offer specialized care with close follow-up and aggressive treatments for anyone at a high risk for developing skin cancer. You may be considered high risk if you have received an organ transplant, take immunosuppressive medications for any reason or have a personal history of recurrent skin cancers.

Types of skin cancer we treat

We specialize in treating:

  • Squamous cell skin cancer
  • Basal cell carcinoma (BCC)
  • Melanoma

Skin cancer treatment at Stanford

At Stanford, we take skin cancers very seriously. We follow you closely to catch and treat suspicious skin lesions before they become cancerous.

What makes us unique is our approach to care. We:

  • Don’t take a wait-and-see attitude toward suspicious lesions. We treat them as early as possible.
  • Use a team approach for recurrent or metastatic skin cancers. Our tumor board brings together experts from dermato-oncology, Mohs micrographic surgery and other sub-specialties to deliver the most comprehensive care available for skin cancer.
  • Longer visits than a regular doctor’s office. This allows Dr. Lee to get to know you well and provide personalized care tailored to your unique needs.
  • Work closely with other clinics and programs, such as the transplant program and the Cancer Survivorship Program, to provide well-rounded care for your body and your spirit.

Stanford High-Risk Skin Cancer Clinic: Who we serve

Many medical and genetic conditions can put a person in the high-risk category for skin cancer. When you receive an organ transplant, you have a 60-times greater risk of developing a skin cancer than before you had surgery. Other risk factors for skin cancer include:

  • Past radiation therapy
  • History of metastatic squamous cell skin cancer
  • Recurrent skin cancer of any kind
  • Medications including voriconazole and azathioprine
  • Lymphoma
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
Partnering for Excellence
Stanford Cancer Institute
The Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Network is part of the Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Care Institute, an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center.

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How to Prevent Skin Cancer after a Transplant

Some medications required after transplant may increase odds of developing skin cancer. The Stanford High-Risk Skin Cancer Clinic offers advanced prevention, treatments, clinical trials and a tumor board.

Skin Cancer Care for High Risk Patients

Medications that suppress the immune system may increase the odds of developing skin cancer. Learn how the Stanford High-Risk Skin Cancer Clinic helped one patient with advanced prevention and treatments.

For Patients

Stanford Health Care is known worldwide for the advanced patient care provided by its doctors and staff. We also provide a wide range of guest services and amenities to our patients and visitors. Learn more about preparing for a hospital stay, billing and financial services, and our other support programs in Patients & Visitors.  

We want to make your treatment as effective as possible.  If you are a transplant candidate, contact us before your transplant surgery so we can evaluate your post-transplant risk level for skin cancer and prepare a treatment plan in coordination with your transplant team.  Please ask us any questions you have — we want to make you comfortable and prepared.

Call us to make an appointment

650-723-6316

RESOURCES

For Health Care Professionals

We welcome referrals from other clinics and health care providers and want to assure you that we'll provide your patient with the same level of personal care you give them.

HOW TO REFER A PATIENT TO THE HIGH RISK SKIN CANCER CLINIC

  • Fax a patient referral form with supporting documentation to 650-721-3476.
  • Let us know if your patient is a transplant candidate or has already undergone transplant surgery.
  • A Patient Care Coordinator will fax a confirmation of receipt to your office.
  • We will contact the patient and schedule an evaluation appointment upon insurance clearance.
  • Send referrals online
  • Place radiology and lab orders
  • View referral status
  • Access medical records

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To request an appointment, call 650-723-6316