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Abstract
A non-melanoma skin neoplasm that is one of the three principal types of skin cancer. It often presents as a hard lump or ulcer and is more likely to metastasize than BASAL CELL CARCINOMA.
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- Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin
- Squamous Cell Skin Cancer
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2026
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- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell (1974-2025)
- Skin Neoplasms (1974-2025)
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- National Library of Medicine. Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000099314. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000099314
- Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutaneous_squamous-cell_carcinoma
- Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5749018