is basal cell carcinoma deadly?
<answer> Yes, basal cell carcinoma is deadly. <context> DESPITE decades of research, cancer remains the most terrifying of enemies, with very few exceptions. Basal cell carcinoma is one of the exceptions, a skin cancer that is more an annoyance than a deadly foe. Basal cell skin cancer - such a growth was removed from Vice President Bush's face last week - is the most easily curable and least dangerous type of cancer. It is also the most common type of cancer.