Difference between revisions of "Squamous cell carcinoma"

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===Uterine cervix===
===Uterine cervix===
*Most common form of [[uterine cervix|cervical cancer]].
*Most common form of [[uterine cervix|cervical cancer]].
====Tumour extent====
Thickness is measured:<ref name=pmid18379417>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Yoder | first1 = BJ. | last2 = Rufforny | first2 = I. | last3 = Massoll | first3 = NA. | last4 = Wilkinson | first4 = EJ. | title = Stage IA vulvar squamous cell carcinoma: an analysis of tumor invasive characteristics and risk. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 32 | issue = 5 | pages = 765-72 | month = May | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318159a2cb | PMID = 18379417 }}</ref><ref>URL: [http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/Vulva_11protocol.pdf http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/Vulva_11protocol.pdf]. Accessed on: 3 April 2012.</ref>
*No kerinization present: mucosal surface to the deepest point of invasion. 
*Kerinization present: bottom of granular layer to the deepest point of invasion.


===Vulva===
===Vulva===