Body Site Distribution and Relative Tumor Density of Different Human Cutaneous Malignancies with Emphasis on Sunlight Exposure: A Single Institution Experience
Abstract:INTRODUCTIONHuman skin cancers encompass a wide spectrum of malignant conditions with different epidemiologic and clinical characteristics. The three most common malignancies include basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), also referred to, collectively, as nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC), and malignant melanoma (MM). Although their etiopatogenesis is complex, there is persuasive evidence that an ultraviolet radiation (UVR) has a vital role in the development of each of these main tumor ty… Show more
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