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The Journal of Integrated Primary Care

Basal Cell Carcinoma

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In Great Health: Basal Cell Carcinoma And Denial Of Progressive Disease In The Elderly, Yusur Alsalihi, Alexa Truong, Patrick Golden Dec 2023

In Great Health: Basal Cell Carcinoma And Denial Of Progressive Disease In The Elderly, Yusur Alsalihi, Alexa Truong, Patrick Golden

The Journal of Integrated Primary Care

Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) is the most common skin cancer across the world and occurs predominantly on sun-exposed or sun-damaged skin, particularly on the head, face, and neck. Slow-growing and unremoved lesions can become destructive and progress to the rare Giant Basal Cell Carcinoma subtype that occurs in a very small subset of patients (