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basal cell carcinoma en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A common type of nonmelanocytic skin cancer.
   • Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most frequent of all cancers in fair-skinned populations. 2013, Gabrijela Kocjan, Winifred Gray, Philippe Vielh, Tanya Levine, Ika Kardum-Skelin, Diagnostic Cytopathology Essentials, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 369:
   • Basal cell carcinoma is found most frequently on the head, neck, and limbs of cats. Histologic findings do not always correlate with aggressive behavior. 2002, Wallace B. Morrison, Cancer in Dogs and Cats: Medical and Surgical Management, Teton NewMedia, →ISBN, page 470:
   • The malignant potential of adenoid cystic carcinoma/basal cell carcinoma is uncertain because of the small number of reported cases and limited follow-up, but some cases are malignant with EPE and distant metastases. 2009, Noel Weidner, Richard J. Cote, Saul Suster, Lawrence M. Weiss, Modern Surgical Pathology, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1151:

Forms

Synonyms

basalioma

Translations (10)

de Basaliom (type of skin cancer) · cmn 基底細胞癌 /基底细胞癌 (type of skin cancer) · ro carcinom bazocelular (type of skin cancer) · de Basalzellkarzinom (type of skin cancer) · tr bazal hücreli cilt kanseri (type of skin cancer) · fi basaliooma (type of skin cancer) · ko 기저세포암 (type of skin cancer) · fr carcinome basocellulaire (type of skin cancer) · fi ihon tyvisolusyöpä (type of skin cancer) · ca carcinoma basocel·lular (type of skin cancer)