OBSERVATIONS ON NATURAL COURSE OF SKIN CANCER

  • 1 January 1965
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 92  (11) , 564-+
Abstract
The variations in the natural course of skin cancer are discussed in detail. Basal cell carcinoma (when properly classified) and squamous cell carcinoma have a reasonably predictable course; malignant melanoma and mycosis fungoides do not. Histological examination may not provide sufficient evidence on which to base a prognosis concerning a particular tumor; clinical evaluation may be of much greater value. The different rates of growth of any 1 tumor appear to be more closely related to host factors than to tumor virulence.