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Basal Cell Cancer
Investigators at Prince of Wales Hospital zero in on basal cell cancer
June 2nd, 2009
"We conducted a 12-year retrospective review of vulvar basal cell carcinoma (BCC) in a Chinese population. Medical records and histopathologic reports were examined from 5 major Hospitals in Hong Kong to list all patients diagnosed with vulvar BCC," scientists in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China report. "Clinical data and histologic materials were reviewed. Sixteen vulvar BCCs were diagnosed. Most of them were pigmented. They were removed by simple excision or wide local excision. All the carcinomas were identified in the reticular dermis. The predominant histologic pattern was nodular, which may be mistaken as adenoid cystic carcinoma. The high proportion of...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-02)
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