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carcinoma
(redirected from squamous cell carcinoma)

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carcinoma: see neoplasm neoplasm or tumor, tissue composed of cells that grow in an abnormal way. Normal tissue is growth-limited, i.e., cell reproduction is equal to cell death.
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carcinoma Pathol
1. any malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue
2. another name for cancer

carcinoma [‚kärs·ən′ō·mə]
(medicine)
A malignant epithelial tumor.


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We describe an unusual case in which a 35-year-old man presented with skull base mucormycosis with osteomyelitis secondary to squamous cell carcinoma of the temporal bone.
cases of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) will be diagnosed this year, according to the American Cancer Society, and most will be highly curable.
The incidence of squamous cell carcinoma was consistently lower than that but has quadrupled since the mid-1970s--to 6 cases per 100,000 people.
 
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