i recently had a skin lesion removed by surgery and pathology report said it was Bowen's disease. am doing research on this, as my urologist calls is only precancerous and my dermatologist said it was cancer. apparently MDs can disagree. looking for anyone who has had experience with this rare skin condition. thx.

I know it's been a while since you posted this, but I too have Bowen's Disease. Mine showed up on the vulva. It was a flat (only slightly raised) nodule on the skin. It noticed it when I wiped myself and headed straight for the Dr. Had a punch biopsy done and it came back as squamous cell sarcoma. After that I had CO2 laser ablation (under general anesthesia) of the whole area. Not a real pleasant experience, but nothing unbearable. After it all healed, I had a re-check with the gyn. and everything was AOK and did not need to have another re-check for 6 months. About 2 weeks after seeing him, I noticed another bump - same area. This time had another punch biopsy. Results came back that it was a "high grade" squamous cell sarcoma (again, Bowen's Disease). Dr. decided to do a wide excision of the area. That was 4 months ago and the area is still a little tender, but healed well. I too, was told by one Dr. that it was a skin cancer and another Dr. says it is a pre-cancer. All I know is that you don't mess around with cancer. Pre-cancer or cancer. I've done quite a lot of research on the disease. Both procedures that I had done were exactly what all the articles suggest doing. I've seen some pretty nasty pictures of it left untreated. Not something I would want. Articles suggest that leaving untreated can cause metastic cancer. So, anyone with this disease - please have it treated early.