Article
[Skin carcinogenesis].
La Revue du praticien - 15 Apr 1999
Soufir N, Basset-Seguin N
Abstract excerpt
Two main distinct subtypes of epithelial skin cancers can be distinguished, both arising from keratinocytes, most frequently at sun-exposed body sites. Basal cell carcinomas (BCC) grow slowly, nearly never metastases, whereas squamous carcinomas (SCC) are locally more invasive tumors, which have a greater metastatic potential. Skin carcinogenesis is a multiple step process, in which UV light play a major role....
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