BCC depth influenced by histologic subtype, tumor width, and male sex. (Location has no Impact).(basal cell carcinoma)

Publication: Skin & Allergy News

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NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. -- Arecent study reporting that the anatomic location of basal cell carcinoma does not influence the risk of tumor invasion contradicts current dogma, Dr. James Q. Del Rosso commented at a symposium on dermatologic surgery which was sponsored by the American Society for Mohs Surgery.

Investigators in Niigata, Japan, studied 235 cases...

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