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Basal-cell carcinoma (BCC), also known as basal-cell cancer, basalioma [7] or rodent ulcer, [8] is the most common type of skin cancer. [2] It often appears as a painless raised area of skin, which may be shiny with small blood vessels running over it . [ 1 ]
Of nonmelanoma skin cancers, about 80% are basal-cell cancers and 20% squamous-cell skin cancers. [14] Basal-cell and squamous-cell skin cancers rarely result in death. [6] In the United States, they were the cause of less than 0.1% of all cancer deaths. [1] Globally in 2012, melanoma occurred in 232,000 people and resulted in 55,000 deaths. [6]
Basal cell carcinoma; Squamous cell carcinoma; Squamous cell skin cancer; Skin adnexal tumors (e.g. sebaceous carcinoma) Melanoma; Merkel cell carcinoma; Keratoacanthoma; Sarcomas of primary cutaneous origin (e.g. dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans) Lymphomas of primary cutaneous origin (e.g. mycosis fungoides)
The chance of basal cell skin cancer coming back (recurring) ranges from about 5% to up to 15%, depending on the size of the tumor and treatment, the American Cancer Society noted. And cases that ...
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer nationwide each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. What causes skin cancer? What to know about basal cell carcinoma ...
Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer, affecting nearly 1 in 5 Americans, says Anne Sexton, physician assistant at Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery in Fort Mill, S.C ...
Merkel cell carcinoma (cutaneous apudoma, primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin, primary small cell carcinoma of the skin, trabecular carcinoma of the skin) Microcystic adnexal carcinoma (sclerosing sweat duct carcinoma) Micronodular basal cell carcinoma; Milia en plaque; Milium Milium; Mixed tumor (chondroid syringoma) Mucinous carcinoma
Not all basal-cell cancers originate in the basal cells but they are so named because the cancer cells resemble basal cells when seen under a microscope. [ 4 ] In a growing fetus, fingerprints form where the cells of the stratum basale meet the papillae of the underlying papillary layer of the dermis , resulting in the formation of the ridges ...