Rarely metastasizes but capable of local tissue destruction
80% on face and neck, 20% on trunk and lower limbs (mostly women)
Nodular: most common (50–80%); presents as pinkish, pearly papul...
May be especially useful in those who cannot tolerate surgical procedures and in those who refuse to have surgery as well as for low-risk superficial and/or nodular BCC
5-Fluorourac...
Seek shade, especially between 10 am and 4 pm.
Oral retinoids may prevent the development of new BCCs in patients with Gorlin syndrome, renal transplant recipients...
Connolly KL, Nehal KS, Disa JJ. Evidence-based medicine: cutaneous facial malignancies: nonmelanoma skin cancer. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017;139(1):181e–190e.
Dzubow L, Goldberg ...
C44.91 Basal cell carcinoma of skin, unspecified
C44.31 Basal cell carcinoma of skin of other and unspecified parts of face
C44.41 Basal cell carcinoma of skin of scalp and neck
C44.61 Basal c...
BCC is the most common cancer, originating from the basal cell layer of the skin appendages.
Nodular: pearly papule, plaque, or nodule often with telangiectatic vessels, ulceration, and...
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