Ayikho imbangela ecacile yesifo sikaBowen, kodwa ukuvezwa isikhathi eside yilanga, imisebe, amakhemikhali athile, ukulimala kwesikhumba okungapheli, ezinye izifo zesikhumba ezingavamile, kanye ne-human papillomavirus (HPV) kungenzeka kwandise ingozi. Ngokuvamile izici eziningana zisebenza ndawonye iminyaka eminingi.
Isifo sikaBowen ngokwaso asisabalali ngoba sivaleleke ungqimba olungaphezulu lwesikhumba, kodwa singaphenduka umdlavuza wesikhumba ohlelekile uma singelashwa. Abantu abanesifo sikaBowen nabo banethuba eliphakeme lokuthola eminye imidlavuza yesikhumba, ngakho ukuhlolwa kwesikhathi eside kubalulekile.
Ukwelashwa okuyinhloko kwesifo sikaBowen ukususa ngokuphelele isilonda, ngokuvamile ngokuhlinzwa ngokusika nomkhawulo wokuphepha wesikhumba esijwayelekile. Kwezinye izimo, ikakhulukazi ezilondeni ezincane noma lapho ukuhlinzwa kunzima khona, i-radiotherapy ehleliwe kahle noma ezinye izindlela zokwelapha zendawo zingasetshenziswa ngaphansi kokuqondiswa kochwepheshe.