What is the survival rate for a small Basal Cell Carcinoma?
The survival rate for a small basal cell carcinoma would be 99.99% with the only deaths occuring from a basal cell cancer that had been ignored for many years and allowed to either become so locally destructive that infection became a problem or you ignored the basal cell and allowed it to grow and you happened to be one of the tiny minority of people with a basal cell cancer that happens to metastacize – a very rare thing. http://www.skincancer.org/basal/index.php The cure rate for initial treatment of a small basal cell carcinoma with a simple excision would be 95% or higher. This cure rate number might be a little lower if the cancer was located on the eyelid, lip or top edge of the ear because of the increased blood flow in those areas or the difficulty in removing all of the cancer. Also the older the age of the person the more difficulty the patient might have in healing but generally speaking prompt treatment cures almost all basal cells. If the location is somewhere simple then
