Recurrent Basal Cell Carcinoma

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Recurrent Basal Cell Carcinoma

Basal cell carcinoma very rarely metastasizes. However, with standard surgical treatment, approximately 10% of BCCs recur at the site of previous treatment (although this figure is higher in certain facial sites). Clinically, the tip-off to diagnosis of a recurrence is a new pink area or papule (bump) in an old surgical scar resulting from previous treatment.

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Jason R. Swanson and Jeffrey L. Melton, M.D.

Last Updated: December 16, 1996
Created: January 19, 1996


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