Squamous cell carcinoma over a nevus: a rare case.
J Cancer Res Ther
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2006 Oct-Dec; 2(4): 200
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Malignant melanoma and basal cell carcinoma are more common over a preexisting nevus. But squamous cell carcinoma over a nevus is a rare phenomenon. A 55-year-old male presented with a slow growing noduloulcerative lesion on a preexisting nevus over scalp. For that he had undergone excisional biopsy. Biopsy came out to be a squamous cell carcinoma with lateral margin positive for tumor. So postoperative radiotherapy given by means of HDR brachytherapy. Now he is on follow-up.
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Main subject:
Scalp
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Skin Neoplasms
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Brachytherapy
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Humans
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Male
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
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Middle Aged
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Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
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Nevus
Language:
English
Journal:
J Cancer Res Ther
Journal subject:
Neoplasms
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Therapeutics
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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