Skin neoplasms (also known as "skin cancer") are skin growths with differing causes and varying degrees of malignancy. The three most common malignant skin cancers are basal cell cancer, squamous cell cancer, and melanoma, each of which is named after the type of skin cell from which it arises. Skin cancer generally develops in the epidermis (the outermost layer of skin), so a tumor can usually be seen. This means that it is often possible to det...
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Notable people with this condition:
Includes classifications:
- Malignant melanoma of skin of lip ,
- Malignant melanoma of skin of eyelid, including canthus ,
- Malignant melanoma of skin of ear and external auditory canal ,
- Malignant melanoma of skin of other and unspecified parts of face ,
- Malignant melanoma of skin of scalp and neck ,
- Malignant melanoma of skin of trunk, except scrotum ,
- Malignant melanoma of skin of upper limb, including shoulder ,
- Malignant melanoma of skin of lower limb, including hip ,
- Cutaneous Melanoma
