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Basal cell carcinoma (overview)

Basal cell carcinoma (overview) History Krompecher, 1900 Definition Heterogeneous group of fibroepithelial malignant tumors of the skin, which grow locally infiltrating and destructive, metastasize extremely rarely and often show morphological analogies to adnexal structures (evidence of stem cel...

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