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What happens if a basal cell carcinoma goes untreated?

April 26, 2017basal carcinoma CELL happens untreated

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What happens if a basal cell carcinoma goes untreated?

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This is a skin cancer that does not often spread to other parts of the body but it can. I am a medical student and I have seen a case of this before during my neuropathology rotation. We saw a patient’s slides who had a basal cell carcinoma that metastasized (spread) to his brain. Just because it rarely metastasizes does not mean that it cannot. Cancer is not something to be messed with.