Metastatic Basal Cell Carcinoma: A Biological Continuum of Basal Cell Carcinoma?

• Hauptverfasser: Karaninder S. Mehta (Verfasst von), Vikram K. Mahajan (Verfasst von), Pushpinder S. Chauhan (Verfasst von), Anju Lath Sharma (Verfasst von), Vikas Sharma (Verfasst von), C. Abhinav (Verfasst von), Gayatri Khatri (Verfasst von), Neel Prabha (Verfasst von), Saurabh Sharma (Verfasst von), Muninder Negi (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) accounts for 80% of all nonmelanoma skin cancers. Its metastasis is extremely rare, ranging between 0.0028 and 0.55 of all BCC cases. The usual metastasis to lymph nodes, lungs, bones, or skin is from the primary tumor situated in the head and neck region in nearly 85% cas...