Imbangela eqondile ye-keratoacanthoma ayaziwa, kodwa ukuvezwa yilanga isikhathi eside, imisebe ye-ionizing, ukulimala kwesikhumba okuqhubekayo, nokuxhumana nezinto ezithile kubonakala kukhulisa ingozi. Iwumdlavuza otholakele, hhayi into ozalwa nayo, futhi ivamise ukuvela kamuva empilweni yabantu abadala.
I-Keratoacanthoma ithathwa njengesimo esingakhethwa sokuba ngumdlavuza: iningi lihlala lingelona elibi, kodwa amanye angaguquka abe yi-squamous cell carcinoma, ikakhulukazi uma ehlukunyezwa noma eshiswa njalo. Abantu abane-keratoacanthoma nabo banethuba eliphakeme lokuthuthukisa omunye umdlavuza wesikhumba eduze noma kwenye indawo esikhumbeni.
Ukwelashwa okuyinhloko kwe-keratoacanthoma ukusikwa ngokuhlinzwa ngomkhawulo omncane wesikhumba esinempilo, okususa umdlavuza futhi kuvumele ukuhlolwa kwe-histological okunembile. Ukushefa okulula, ukususwa okungaphezulu, noma izindlela ezibhubhisa njenge-laser noma i-cryotherapy kuphela akufanele ngoba zikhulisa ingozi yokuphindaphinda futhi zingaphuthelwa umdlavuza wesikhumba ongaphansi.