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Basal cell cancer |
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Basal cell cancer The most common form of skin cancer; it usually appears as one or several nodules having a central depression. It rarely spreads (metastisizes), but is locally invasive. Mentioned in: Cryotherapy How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Of the three forms of skin cancer - basal cell cancer, squamous cell cancer and melanoma - melanoma, the least common but most deadly, is also the form of cancer most likely to spread to other parts of the body. Those studies showed that people who used sunscreen were more likely to develop basal cell cancer than people who did not, she told Science News. 5-FU is one of the most commonly used oncology drugs in the world, currently used as first-line therapy for solid tumors, such as colon, rectal, breast, gastric, head and neck, ovarian, and basal cell cancer of the skin, among others. |
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