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  2. Cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    There is a risk of metastasis starting more than 10 years [citation needed] after diagnosable appearance of squamous-cell carcinoma, but the risk is low, [specify] though much [specify] higher than with basal-cell carcinoma. Squamous-cell cancers of the lip and ears have high rates of local recurrence and distant metastasis. [27]

  3. Tzanck test - Wikipedia

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    The most common reason to use cytological examination in malignant tumoral diseases is to distinguish basal cell carcinoma from other tumors, such as squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. Tzanck smear test is 97% sensitivity and 86% specificity for the diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma. Squamous cell carcinoma: Cytologic atypia of keratinocytes

  4. How to spot 18 common — and not so common — bumps, rashes and ...

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    Squamous cell carcinoma is mainly caused by UV rays from the sun or indoor tanning. Squamous cell carcinoma treatments Treatments for squamous cell carcinoma may include surgery, radiation or ...

  5. Oncolytic herpes virus - Wikipedia

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    HSV1716 is a first generation oncolytic virus developed by the Glasgow Institute of Virology, and subsequently by Virttu Biologics (formerly Crusade Laboratories, a spin-out from The Institute of Virology), to selectively destroy cancer cells. The virus has the trade name SEPREHVIR. It is based on the herpes simplex virus (HSV-1).

  6. Kaposi's sarcoma - Wikipedia

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    Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a type of cancer that can form masses on the skin, in lymph nodes, in the mouth, or in other organs. [4] [6] The skin lesions are usually painless, purple and may be flat or raised.

  7. Squamous-cell carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    Squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC), also known as epidermoid carcinoma, comprises a number of different types of cancer that begin in squamous cells. [1] These cells form on the surface of the skin, on the lining of hollow organs in the body, and on the lining of the respiratory and digestive tracts .

  8. Conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    All squamous cell carcinoma lesions are thought to begin via the repeated, uncontrolled division of cancer stem cells of epithelial lineage or characteristics. Accumulation of these cancer cells causes a microscopic focus of abnormal cells that are, at least initially, locally confined within the specific tissue in which the progenitor cell resided.

  9. List of skin conditions - Wikipedia

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    Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma; Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome; Bowen's disease (squamous cell carcinoma in situ) Brooke–Fordyce syndrome; Ceruminoma; Cicatricial basal cell carcinoma (morpheaform basal cell carcinoma, morphoeic basal cell carcinoma) Ciliated cyst of the vulva (cutaneous Müllerian cyst, paramesonephric mucinous cyst of the ...