The prognosis of basal cell carcinoma is excellent, but if left untreated and to progress, it can cause significant morbidity. After basal cell carcinoma is diagnosed with a biopsy, treatment is required. Fortunately there are many methods to treating the cancer. The treatment is based on the size, location, depth, the patient’s age, and their overall general health. The treatments are mohs micrographic surgery, excisional surgery, radiation, cryosurgery, photodynamic therapy, laser surgery, and topical medications. Mohs micrographic surgery is a process in which they remove the tumor and a thin layer of tissue around it. Then the immediately check under a microscope: they continue until the layers are tumor free. Excisional surgery is when
