What kind of recovery should he expect from basal cancer on his foot/ankle?

Question by Joann C: What kind of recovery should he expect from basal cancer on his foot/ankle?
My Dad was just diagnosed with this and was told he needed to have either radiation or surgery. He opted for the surgery, so they are going to take skin from his stomache and graft it where the cancer was. What kind of recovery will he have and whats the prognosis? They told him it would be done as outpatient. Hes 66 and in good health otherwise.

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Answer by J B
You will have to ask his surgeon this questions because the answer to your question will come when they remove the cancer and see how deep it goes into the tissues. They will have to wait for the pathology report to make sure they got the cancer and surrounding margins before your surgeon can make this prediction.

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