Growth rates of epidermoid tumors

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Abstract
Consideration of the most likely method of growth of epidermoid tumors, either congenital or traumatic in origin, suggests that they grow linerarly, at rates approximating those reported for normal human skin, rather than exponentially, as most tumors do. Such a linear rate of growth would be expected of tumors derived from a single layer of basal germinal cells spread out over a surface area.