The most frequently seen skin cancer. It arises from basal cells of the epidermis and pilosebaceous units. Clinically it is divided into the following types: nodular, ulcerative, superficial, multicentric, erythematous, and sclerosing or morphea-like. More than 95% of these carcinomas occur in patients over 40. They develop on hair-bearing skin, most commonly on sun-exposed areas. Approximately 85% are found on the head and neck and the remaining 15% on the trunk and extremities. Basal cell carcinoma usually grows in a slow and indolent fashion. However, if untreated, the tumor may invade the subcutaneous fat, skeletal muscle and bone. Distant metastases are rare. Excision, curettage and irradiation cure most basal cell carcinomas. [ NCIT:C2921 ]
Synonyms: basal cell carcinoma of skin skin basal cell carcinoma basal cell skin carcinoma basal cell epithelioma basal cell carcinoma of the skin skin basal cell cancer
Term information
- SCTID:254701007 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- DOID:2513 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- ICDO:8090/3 (NCIT:C2921)
- UMLS:C4721806 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MEDGEN:1648304 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- CSP:2000-2719 (DOID:2513)
- HP:0002671 (MONDO:otherHierarchy)
- NCIT:C2921 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- ONCOTREE:BCC (MONDO:equivalentTo)
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_2513
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C4721806
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C2921
http://identifiers.org/snomedct/254701007
http://identifiers.org/medgen/1648304
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo/sparql/qc/general/qc-single-child.sparql
BCC
basal cell tumor
basal cell cancer
basal cell carcinoma
basal cell tumour
malignant basal cell tumour
basal cell tumour (morphologic abnormality)
malignant basal cell tumour (morphologic abnormality)