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Fluorouracil (5-FU) is a skin cream or solution that treats skin cancer. It’s a chemotherapy agent that destroys cancer cells. Follow the instructions on the label to safely apply this cream or solution on your skin.
Chemotherapy cream kills cancer cells on or near the skin’s surface when applied to the skin. It can be an effective alternative to surgery, but only for certain skin cancer forms.
Chemotherapy cream is a topical ointment or cream that a person applies to the skin. Doctors commonly prescribe a drug called 5-fluorouracil (5FU). It works by killing fast growing skin...
Topical Chemotherapy Cream for Skin Cancer. Applying these cancer-fighting drugs directly onto the skin can treat superficial skin cancers and precancers. Here’s what you need to know....
Efudex is a topical chemotherapy treatment for basal cell carcinoma. It works by stopping cells from developing and is effective, especially when combined with surgical lesion removal.
To treat skin cancers, you might have chemotherapy as a cream (topical treatment) directly on to your skin cancer. It is very rare for doctors to use chemotherapy through a drip into a vein, to treat skin cancer.
Three of the most commonly asked about topical chemo creams include: Efudex, Carac, and Aldara. Are there any other topical medications commonly prescribed for treating precancerous skin...
Chemotherapy cream or lotion can be applied directly onto the skin cancer. This is called topical chemotherapy. Usually a drug called fluorouracil (Efudix®) is used to treat some early superficial basal cell carcinomas (BCCs). Fluorouracil is sometimes called 5FU.
Learn more about systemic chemo for basal & squamous cell skin cancer. Unlike topical chemo, systemic chemo can attack cancer cells that have spread to lymph nodes.
Topical chemotherapy, also known as field therapy, is the use of a topical product to treat cancerous or precancerous skin lesions on a specific place or a specific geographic area of the skin (like the face, scalp, or hands). These creams or solutions are applied directly to the skin as directed by a doctor.