Difference between revisions of "Dermatologic neoplasms"

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High risk features - for SCC of the skin:<ref>URL: [http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/SkinSquamousCell_11protocol.pdf http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/SkinSquamousCell_11protocol.pdf]. Accessed on: 29 March 2012.</ref>
High risk features - for SCC of the skin:<ref>URL: [http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/SkinSquamousCell_11protocol.pdf http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/SkinSquamousCell_11protocol.pdf]. Accessed on: 29 March 2012.</ref>
*Primary site is ear ''or'' hair-bearing lip.
*Primary site is ear ''or'' lip.
*Clark level IV/V = reticular dermis or deeper.
*Clark level IV/V = reticular dermis or deeper.
*>=2 mm thickness -- measured from stratum granuloma ''or'' ulcer base to deepest aspect.
*>=2 mm thickness -- measured from stratum granuloma ''or'' ulcer base to deepest aspect.
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*Perineural invasion.
*Perineural invasion.
*Poorly differentiated.
*Poorly differentiated.
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* † The words used are "hair-bearing lip" - but there is considerable confusion about this as the AJCC manual contradicts itself.<ref name=pmid21151529>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Buethe | first1 = D. | last2 = Warner | first2 = C. | last3 = Miedler | first3 = J. | last4 = Cockerell | first4 = CJ. | title = Focus Issue on Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Practical Concerns Regarding the 7th Edition AJCC Staging Guidelines. | journal = J Skin Cancer | volume = 2011 | issue =  | pages = 156391 | month =  | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1155/2011/156391 | PMID = 21151529 | PMC = 2990020 | URL = http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jsc/2011/156391/ }}</ref>


====Bowen disease====
====Bowen disease====
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