Experiences with radiation therapy - basal cell carcinoma

[Ladylove]

Oh gosh I'm so sorry I didn't read your post properly. So the graft didn't work? Huge bugger look, as I said the radiation is just that but it's also a small area treated so you won't get any of the big physical ramifications as you would with bigger lots of radiation. Oh I'm so sorry - and I didn't mean to scare you with my other post.

Yep BCCs are really invasive if not caught in time. They grow quickly and aggressively - they are not lethal but can eat up the skin.

[briggsy's girl]

The first graft from his neck didn't take. The next will come from his leg due to the size. The radiation is possible on top of the graft.

The bcc appears to have done a lot more invasive damage under the surface. I'm thankful it is very very rare for it to metastasize but yes, my reading has come up with the same info about it spreading aggressively. It can (and has here) take off after a period of doing very little. I guess the damage was happening underneath. Very unhappy with the first gp that essentially dismissed it. Gave DH false confidence that it was innocuous so it took ages for me to get him to another doctor (and he only got checked when he did cos he was there about something else and I ambushed him!)