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  2. Skin cancer - Wikipedia

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    Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer in humans. [11] [12] [13] There are three main types of skin cancers: basal-cell skin cancer (BCC), squamous-cell skin cancer (SCC) and melanoma. [1] The first two, along with a number of less common skin cancers, are known as nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC).

  3. Keratoacanthoma - Wikipedia

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    Keratoacanthoma is commonly found on sun-exposed skin, often face, forearms and hands. [2] [3] It is rarely found at a mucocutaneous junction or on mucous membranes. [2] Keratoacanthoma may be difficult to distinguish visually from a skin cancer. [4] Under the microscope, keratoacanthoma very closely resembles squamous cell carcinoma. In order ...

  4. Basal-cell carcinoma - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  5. Harvard scientist's 'doorknob' question leads to skin cancer ...

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    This skin cancer tends to grow slowly and isn’t life-threatening for most people, but it needs to be treated before it can grow deep and injure nerves and blood vessels, the AAD noted.

  6. Cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    The tumor may be in the form of a hard plaque or a papule, often with an opalescent quality, with tiny blood vessels; The tumor can lie below the level of the surrounding skin, and eventually ulcerates and invades the underlying tissue; The tumor commonly presents on sun-exposed areas (e.g. back of the hand, scalp, lip, and superior surface of ...

  7. Melanocytic nevus - Wikipedia

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    It is a type of melanocytic tumor that contains nevus cells. [2] A mole can be either subdermal (under the skin) or a pigmented growth on the skin, formed mostly of a type of cell known as a melanocyte. The high concentration of the body's pigmenting agent, melanin, is responsible for their dark color.

  8. Merkel-cell carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare and aggressive skin cancer occurring in about three people per million members of the population. [1] It is also known as cutaneous APUDoma, primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin, primary small cell carcinoma of the skin, and trabecular carcinoma of the skin. [2]

  9. Sarah Ferguson Reveals Emotional Struggle Amid Cancer ... - AOL

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    Sarah Ferguson shed new light on her internal struggle as she dealt with two cancer diagnoses in less than 12 months.. The Duchess of York said in a recent conversation with The Times that while ...