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Boris made is usual vet trip last week for his pedicure and since it was time for his shots the vet went ahead and did that as well. In checking him out, she found a growth at the base of his ear. We are having it removed within the next couple of weeks and having it sent off for analysis. Her opinion is that it might be skin cancer. Have any of you dealt with this before? Any suggestions?
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Boris's Human, Pam

Hi,

I am so sorry to hear that Boris may have skin cancer. The best thing, which you are doing, is to have the lesion removed ASAP to find out exactly what it is. Further treatment may or may not be necessary. Thankfully, many types of skin cancer are slow-growing. Still, I can imagine how scary this is for you. Sometimes, what may first appear to be skin cancer ends up being something totally benign. I pray this happens with your boy.

Please keep us updated on how Boris does and please let us know the biopsy results. It's hard to give advice at this point, but we do have a support chat every night if you are interested. If you have any specific questions, let me know and I'll answer them as best as I can.

Take care, and feel free to post anytime.

Regards,
PHKitkat

Thanks for the information. All of us thought that this was slow-growing but I checked it last night because I was suspicious that it may not be since I had not noticed it before. In about 5 days it has doubled in size so we are calling the vet today to have it removed, even though it is still relatively small.
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Boris's Human, Pam

I have no experience with feline skin cancer and pray the biopsy comes back benign. I am sorry to hear you have to worry about this. I hope the results come back fast.
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Tammy and Pookey
(Stanley 8/91 - 8/07)