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Review
. 2019 Feb;80(2):303-317.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2018.03.060. Epub 2018 May 18.

Basal cell carcinoma: Epidemiology; pathophysiology; clinical and histological subtypes; and disease associations

Michael C Cameron  1 , Erica Lee  1 , Brian P Hibler  1 , Christopher A Barker  2 , Shoko Mori  1 , Miguel Cordova  1 , Kishwer S Nehal  1 , Anthony M Rossi  3
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Basal cell carcinoma: Epidemiology; pathophysiology; clinical and histological subtypes; and disease associations

Michael C Cameron et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Feb.

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  • Correction.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Aug;85(2):535. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2021.02.027. Epub 2021 Jun 3. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021. PMID: 34090743 No abstract available.

Abstract

As the most common human cancer worldwide and continuing to increase in incidence, basal cell carcinoma is associated with significant morbidity and cost. Continued advances in research have refined both our insight and approach to this seemingly ubiquitous disease. This 2-part continuing medical education article will provide a comprehensive and contemporary review of basal cell carcinoma. The first article in this series describes our current understanding of this disease regarding epidemiology, cost, clinical and histopathologic presentations, carcinogenesis, natural history, and disease associations.

Keywords: BCC; associations; basal cell carcinoma; cost; epidemiology; genetics; keratinocyte carcinoma; natural history; nonmelanoma skin cancer; skin cancer.

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