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Carcinoma, Basal Cell

"Carcinoma, Basal Cell" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A malignant skin neoplasm that seldom metastasizes but has potentialities for local invasion and destruction. Clinically it is divided into types: nodular, cicatricial, morphaic, and erythematoid (pagetoid). They develop on hair-bearing skin, most commonly on sun-exposed areas. Approximately 85% are found on the head and neck area and the remaining 15% on the trunk and limbs. (From DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p1471)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Carcinoma, Basal Cell" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Carcinoma, Basal Cell" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 28 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2015
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