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Abstract
The variations in the natural course of skin cancer are discussed in detail. Basal cell carcinoma (when properly classified) and squamous cell carcinoma have a reasonably predictable course; malignant melanoma and mycosis fungoides do not. Histological examination may not provide sufficient evidence on which to base a prognosis concerning a particular tumour; clinical evaluation may be of much greater value. The different rates of growth of any one tumour appear to be more closely related to host factors than to tumour virulence.Entities:
Keywords: CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, EPIDERMOID; MELANOMA; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PATHOLOGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS
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Year: 1965 PMID: 14303406 PMCID: PMC1928190
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Can Med Assoc J ISSN: 0008-4409 Impact factor: 8.262