Basal cell carcinoma (rodent ulcer) being treated with a cream - does that sound right?

[MarieCeleste]

My sister was concerned about a spot on her face, in fact on her lip, and it's been diagnosed as basal cell carcinoma. She told me the dermatologist 'scraped a bit off' for diagnosis, but as far as I know it hasn't actually been removed; my sis has been told by the consultant to 'burn' it by applying a cream for six weeks. But I thought they had to remove them?

I am worrying a lot about this, and it's not easy to get info about it out of my sister (we don't live near each other).

Any thoughts would be welcome. TIA

hmm my dad had his removed
did you grow up in hot countries?

No, but she has been a sun fiend. And, I'm sorry to say, has also used sunbeds.

hmm.
yes dad had three rmoved
t hey looke dliek a scab thing on his ear
then one on his face - or was it two- it was his national service in Egypt that did it nad a lot of sunworhsipping

You can do both I had one removed on my leg (cut out) But also the cream which is brilliant.Is it immiquimod/aldara?

Rodent ulcers are the least prone to malignancy of all skin tumours are are exceptionally treatable. The cure rates (unless amazingly badly progressed) are just about 100%.

Please don't worry.

Oh, thanks, I hadn't heard of the cream before. I don't know the name of it. As ever, she just flung it into the end of a telephone conversation and didn't elaborate. But I'm reassured by your posts, Noddyholder and Martianbishop. I think she kind of wants me to worry, IYSWIM.

were mine not reassuring?
i did try..

She really does now need to keep out of the sun/away from sun beds. This is a reasonably safe warning, things could have been so much worse.

Sorry, Cod, of course they were It's just that I'm a regular under another name and I was too gobsmacked at your helpfulness to know what to say...

har har
oh i cna pull th e s tops out...

buy some siant tropez fo her

I wondered that, MB. So they do give that advice, do they, to keep out of the sun? I don't know if she will, though

she is a bloody fool if she doesn't

This is a 'good' cancer, but it is still a cancer. She could have got a melanoma, and the prognosis for that is no-where near as good.

ye snwo dad was told to use a total block ofr th rest of his life

i contacted the cancer folk who were veryhelpful
once a day things no good and some such about uva and uvb

wsa it nivea they reccyd?

I'll have to lecture her. If only she were an MNer, I could threaten her with Cod. Or better still put Cod onto her.

surely the consulatnat will ahev lecutred?

where is she.

She's in the UK. I think she may have been lectured already. But I think the sunbed thing in particular is actually some kind of destructive behaviour. I'm thinking she should see a counsellor and sort her life out, really.