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Treatment
While cryosurgery (freezing via liquid nitrogen) can be used for smaller lesions (smaller than one centimeter in diameter), surgical excision is the preferred method of treatment. Most dogs recover fully after surgery.
Living and Management
The overall prognosis for dogs with basal cell tumor is good. In fact, many are completely cured once the tumor is surgically excised.
prognosis
The prediction of a disease’s outcome in advance
urinalysis
An in-depth examination of the properties of urine; used to determine the presence or absence of illness
histopathologic
Something that has to do with changes in the structure of the body as the result of cells that are diseased or abnormal in some way
epithelium
A covering of cells that turns into the outermost layer of skin and covers the body
benign
Not being able to cause harm; the opposite of malignant.
malignant
Something that becomes worse or life threatening as it spreads