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How Do We Know That A Boil Is Cancerous?

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Posted on Tue, 29 Apr 2014
Question: how do we know that a particular boil is cancerous?
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Kakkar (23 minutes later)
Brief Answer: Specify and give more details Detailed Answer: Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic. I am Dr. Kakkar. I have gone through your query. Boils in general are never cancerous. Boils are bacterial infections of the skin and soft tissue, and usually subside on oral and topical antibiotics I would like you to specify your query and describe it in more detail, so that I can help you better. -Can you upload a picture of the lesion? regards
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How Do We Know That A Boil Is Cancerous?

Brief Answer: Specify and give more details Detailed Answer: Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic. I am Dr. Kakkar. I have gone through your query. Boils in general are never cancerous. Boils are bacterial infections of the skin and soft tissue, and usually subside on oral and topical antibiotics I would like you to specify your query and describe it in more detail, so that I can help you better. -Can you upload a picture of the lesion? regards