How harmless is Basal Cell Carcinoma ( a form of skin cancer)?

Answer 1

BCC is as deadly as any cancer if it is allowed to spread.

However, it takes years and years to spread so usually surgeons get to it before it does this.

Nevertheless, I have seen what happens when people ignore them. Often they occur on sun-exposed areas (face / neck / shoulders / back) and sometimes people think they are an annoying pimple that just doesn't go away. If you leave them for years and years then they eventually DO spread and are devastating. See the wiki page.

If you suspect you have a Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) then get it checked by a doctor. It should be removed. The sooner, the better.

It is not, however, in the same league as the nasty Melanoma which does all of the above AND spreads early!

Answer 2

Basal Cell Carcinoma is a common skin cancer that can be effectively treated. However, there are some Basal Cell Carcinoma's that seem to build up a resistance to treatment and will begin to reoccur. These types of skin cancer can be difficult to remove and can result in disfigurement from continual surgery.

All cancer should be taken seriously, but Basal cell carcinoma is treatable.

Answer 3

BCC's usually affect those later in life, and the principle problem is that they can cause local problems. If left, especially on the scalp, they can grow down through the tissue and into the outer layers of the skull, making them very difficult to remove with clear margins. Most BCC's are easily removed with simple surgery, some require more complex surgery with plastics involved. To call a BCC a cancer, is, in a way, a misconception. The DoH don't actually classify them in the same league as other forms of cancer, hence the reason they are not subject to the 2 week wait GP referral, and any of the endless targets set by the NHS cancer plan.

As a word of caution though, as most dermotological diagnosis pre treatment is made visually and from consultant experience, it is important to have it removed, as some can come back as SCC, a slightly more aggressive skin cancer, and rarely Merkel Cell tumours, which are more severe than Melanoma.

Answer 4

Well...it's not up there with melanoma. But remember...any cancer caught early has a much better time with treatment and much better chance at a cure. Left to its own devices, however, and a cancer will spread and see what more trouble it can cause. People who experience an occurrence of one type of skin cancer (such as basal cell) are likely down the road to encounter another type (melanoma). It needs to be removed, and the skin needs to be checked (head to toe and every nook and cranny in between) at minimum once a year.

Answer 5

I am giving you some "information only": As always I say: Go to your doctor and get treatment.


Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common skin cancer. It can be destructive and disfiguring. Risk is increased for individuals with a family history of the disease and a high cumulative exposure to UV light via sunlight or, in the past, carcinogenic chemicals especially arsenic. Treatment is with surgery, topical chemotherapy, x-ray, cryosurgery, photodynamic therapy. It is rarely life-threatening but if left untreated can be disfiguring to the skin, cause bleeding and produce local destruction (eg., eye, ear, nose, lip).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal_cell_carcinoma



Now please research Vitamin B17 A.K.A. Amygdalin




Vitamin B17 was the subject of great controversy over 20 years ago when some of the world's top scientists claimed that when consumed, the components of the seed make it 100% impossible to develop cancer and will kill existing cancer in most cases.
The pharmaceutical companies pounced on this claim immediately and demanded that FDA studies be conducted. The results of these studies are found in the book "World Without Cancer", by G. Edward Griffin.

Vitamin B-17, also know as Laetrile and Amygdalin is found in most fruit seeds... namely apricot seeds. The apricot seed was claimed as the cure for all cancers over 35 years ago.

It was even more strongly claimed that when one eats about 7 apricot seeds per day they can never develop cancer, just as one can never get scurvy if they have an orange every day, or pellagra if they have some B vitamins every day.

The pharmaceuticals companies together with the medical establishment pushed the FDA into making it illegal to sell "raw" apricot seeds or vitamin B17 with information about its effects on cancer. Even to this day, you can't get raw apricot seeds in your health food store, only the sun dried ones which have all the important enzymes killed off.

Pharmaceutical companies only conduct studies on patented chemicals they invent so that at the end of their study, if the drug gets approved, they have sole rights on its sale. (They make back tons more than the mere 250 million that they invested) They never do studies on foods that can't be patented and that can be sold by any supermarket.

Vitamin B17 is found in seeds such as the apple, peach, cherry, grapes, and apricot. It is found in some beans and many grasses such as wheat grass. The hard wooden pit in the middle of the apricot or peach for example, is not supposed to be thrown away. In fact, the wooden shell is actually a strong armor protecting one of the most important foods known to man, the seed. It is one of the main courses of food in cultures such as the Navajo Indians, the Hunzakuts, the Abkhazians and many more. Cultures such as these have never had a reported case of cancer when eating their traditional foods!

Other foods that contain vitamin B-17 are: bitter almonds, millet, lima beans and more. (The bitter almond tree has also been banned from the U.S. years ago.)


http://www.1cure4cancer.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdalin

go here in the for more info in the UK: http://www.worldwithoutcancer.org.uk/


Good luck and God Bless

Answer 6

It's not harmless at all!

It's very harmful and can kill you if you don't have it treated.

Answer 7

i don't know as I have never had it

Answer 8

i think it's benign.