Cancer o the skin
(Reguidit frae Skin cancer)
Skin cancers are cancers that arise frae the skin. Thay are due tae the development o abnormal cells that have the ability tae invade or spread tae ither pairts o the body.[1]
Skin cancer | |
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A basal-cell carcinoma. Note the pearly appearance an telangiectasia. | |
Clessification an freemit resoorces | |
Specialty | Oncology an dermatology |
ICD-10 | C43-C44 |
ICD-9-CM | 172, 173 |
ICD-O | 8010-8720 |
MedlinePlus | 001442 |
eMedicine | article/276624, article/870538, article/1100753, article/1965430 |
MeSH | D012878 |
References
eedit- ↑ "Defining Cancer". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 10 Juin 2014.