Skin Tumors
Offered at our convenient location in Hamburg
Tumors of the skin often occur in sun-exposed areas of the body. They are usually not life threatening, but can be locally invasive and therefore should not be ignored.
Normally, skin cells regenerate in an orderly manner, new cells push older cells out toward the skin surface and the older cells die and are shed off. However, sometimes cells can develop DNA damage, which disrupts this normal cycle and leads to disorderly cell growth.
Consultation and Treatment
Treatment for each individual case depends on the size, location and stage of the tumor.
Before you consider undergoing any procedure, a physical examination and consultation will take place with our surgical expert. Photographs are taken and the tumor/lesion iscarefully assessed helping to create a treatment plan tailored to your needs.
Removal of most skin tumors can usually be performed under local anaesthesia and the piece removed is then sent for pathologic examination for final diagnosis and to ensure that no residual tumor cells are left behind. Microsurgical skills and magnifying loupes are used to treat exposed areas in order to achieve the most flawless result possible.
About Dr. Dalia Tobbia
Plastische Chirurgie Am Klosterstern
- Board certification
- German Board Exams for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
- Education and training
- Bachelor-Abschluss in Kunst, Trinity College Dublin
- Internship und chirurgische Grundausbildung, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- Facharztausbildung, Universität Göttingen
- Bachelor in Medicine, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (2003)
- Doctorate of Medicine, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (2010)
- Fellowship, Department of Plastic Surgery, The University of Toronto, Post Graduate Medical Education, Toronto, Canada (2009)
- Fellowship, Microsurgical Lymphnode Transplantation, University Hospital Gent, Aalsters Stedelijk Ziekenhuis, Gent, Belgium (2012)
- Fellowship, Supermicrosurgery, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan (2012)
- Fellowship, Department of Plastic Surgery, Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Chang Gung Memorial University Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan (2015)
- Clinical Fellowship, Reconstructive Microsurgery of the Head and Neck, Breast and Lymphedema, Chang Gung Memorial University Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan (2014–2015)
- Visiting Fellowship, Supermicrosurgery of the Lymphatic System, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan (2015)
- Memberships
- Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (2007)
- Membership, The Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland (2007)
- Awards
- Zeiss Microsurgery Award
- Research Fellowship Funding Grant, Henrietta Breast Cancer Foundation, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center (2006)
- Research Grant, Canadian Institute of Health Research (2007)
- Clinical Fellowship Grant, Wolfgang-Müller-Osten-Stiftung, German Surgical Association (2008)
- Award for best Presentation, The Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance (2008)
- Award for best Podium Presentation for Microsurgery, Canadian Society of Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting (2008)
- Prize for best Clinical Tutor, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Trinity College, Dublin (2009)
- Lewis Rudin Award, New York Academy of Medicine (2010)
- Heidenreich von Siebold Research Funding, Georg-August-University, Göttingen (2011)