IV. Basal Cell Skin Cancer Treatment:
We
cannot be sure whether a suspicious growth is a basal cell
skin cancer just by
looking at it. In order to be sure, we must take a small piece of the growth
and send it for microscopic analysis (biopsy). The skin will often heal after
a biopsy. This is because the skin grows over the cancer like a blanket.
After a biopsy has been done and a basal cell skin cancer is found by the pathologist, the tumor needs to be removed. Basal cell carcinomas are not cured by doing a biopsy - further surgery is required. Surgery always leaves a scar. There is no way to remove a basal cell carcinoma without leaving a scar. Often the scar can be hidden in the skin folds. Basal cell carcinomas are often much bigger under the skin then they appear on the surface. What one can see on the surface is only the tip of the iceberg. That is why the hole left after removing a basal cell cancer is often much larger than what can be seen before surgery.
The most important point about skin cancer is it needs to be completely removed. Many people have lost body parts because of these tumors and some people have lost their lives.