Skin Cancer

Skin cancer can show up in many different forms, including basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Treatment for each type can vary but in many cases requires surgery.

At Verita Life our skin cancer therapies were designed to complement conventional cancer care, and support patients on a deeper physical, emotional, and mental level.

Non-melanoma skin cancer usually appears as a change in the skin that does not go away. Signs can include:

• A sore that does not heal, or that heals and comes back
• A raised, smooth, shiny area that looks pearly
• A firm area that looks like a scar and may be white, yellow, or waxy
• A raised patch that is red or reddish-brown
• A scaly, bleeding, or crusty patch
• A new growth or lump, or a change in an existing patch of skin

Any skin change that lasts more than four weeks should be checked, especially on the face, ears, neck, scalp, or hands.

The stage describes the size and depth of the tumour and whether it has spread to lymph nodes or distant organs. Most non-melanoma skin cancers are found early, at stage 0 or I, and basal cell carcinoma almost never spreads.

Stage 0 is abnormal cells in the outer layer only. Stages I and II are tumours of increasing size or with higher-risk features. Stage III has spread to nearby lymph nodes or into nearby bone. Stage IV has spread to distant organs. Squamous cell carcinoma is the type that more often spreads, particularly in people with a weakened immune system.

Skin cancer treatment depends on the type, the size and position of the tumour, and your overall health. Most are treated by a dermatologist or skin cancer surgeon in a single procedure. Verita Life does not replace this care. Our therapies are designed to support it.

Surgery

Cutting out the tumour with a margin of healthy skin, or Mohs surgery, which removes the cancer layer by layer to spare healthy tissue on the face.

Other local treatments

Freezing, scraping and cautery, prescription creams, or photodynamic therapy, in which a light-activated cream destroys very early or superficial cancers.

Radiation therapy

High-energy beams for tumours that are hard to remove surgically, or after surgery for higher-risk cancers.

Immunotherapy and targeted therapy

Medicines for the small number of advanced cancers that cannot be removed or have spread: immunotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma, and hedgehog pathway inhibitors for advanced basal cell carcinoma.

How we help skin cancer patients

All care provided by the Verita Life teams are structured and supervised, and our work might include:

What makes Verita Life different?

• Internationally trained teams: Verita Life’s medical team’s biggest priority is delivering patient focused care at global oncology standards.
• Integrative therapy: We will strive to find the best therapy for your skin cancer journey.
• Programmes built around you: Every single plan we make is made with you in mind, shaped around your diagnosis, skin cancer stage, and your personal goals.
• A team that will never leave you: Alongside compassion you can expect education and guidance along your journey and long into your remission.

Treatment for skin cancer care at Verita Life

Verita Life’s integrative skin cancer treatments incorporate medically-backed traditional therapies with holistic therapies designed to complement conventional care. Our skin cancer treatments include:

Metronomic Therapy

Metronomic chemotherapy is an approach to cancer treatment in which chemotherapy is given at a lower dose, but more frequently and with shorter or no extended breaks between treatments.

Metabolic Treatment

Metabolic approaches investigate how cancer cells obtain and use energy and nutrients. Cancer cells behave very differently to healthy cells, often heavily relying on glucose and alter their metabolic pathways in order to grow more rapidly than healthy cells. This is a broad area of research, not a single established treatment or diet and at Verita Life we use metabolic approaches within our wider, personalised treatment plans.

Local Body Hyperthermia

Local body hyperthermia is a type of integrative therapy designed to work alongside both integrative oncology care and conventional cancer treatments. Local body hyperthermia is a targeted heat-based therapy that delivers controlled heat to specific areas of the body.

IPT & Low-Dose Chemotherapy

Insulin potentiation therapy, or IPT, uses insulin alongside lower doses of chemotherapy as part of an integrative cancer treatment approach.

Herbal Cancer Therapy

Following years of research, our medical team have developed specific herbal treatment protocols to address varying types of tumours. We use proven compounds that stem from all natural herbal ingredients such as curcumin, quercetin and other anti-cancer therapies.

Biological Treatment

Biological treatments are supportive regimens that can sometimes fall under immunotherapy due to their nature, and work by harnessing the body's natural immune system or targeting precise molecular pathways involved in cancer growth.

Natural Killer Cell Therapy

Natural Killer (NK) cells are a type of lymphocyte, or white blood cell, that play a major role in the immune system by targeting and killing infected cells and cancer cells.