Definition of basal cell carcinoma in US English:
basal cell carcinoma
nounˌbāzəl sel ˌkärsəˈnōmə
Medicine A type of skin cancer, most commonly occurring on the face, that often invades surrounding tissue but seldom metastasizes.
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- Stender and colleagues evaluated the efficacy of therapy developed for treatment of basal cell carcinomas and actinic keratoses in the treatment of recalcitrant warts.
- Histologic examination is consistent with squamous cell carcinoma in 95 percent of cases, although basal cell carcinoma, melanoma, and sarcomas also may be present.
- In melanoma or pigmented basal cell carcinomas, treatment is based on tissue diagnosis.
- The clinical differential diagnosis included squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and malignant melanoma.
- Squamous cell carcinomas, like basal cell carcinomas, can be induced by ultraviolet radiation.