basal cell carcinomanoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌbeɪ.səl ˌsel kɑː.sɪˈnəʊ.mə/us/ˌbeɪ.səl ˌsel kɑːr.səˈnoʊ.mə/specializeda type of skin cancer that grows slowly and often affects parts of the body that have had a lot of exposure to the sun:
Doctors are now using lasers to treat basal cell carcinomas.
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Cancer
- acinic cell carcinoma
- acral lentiginous melanoma
- aggressive
- alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
- alveolar soft part sarcoma
- carcinogenesis
- carcinogenic
- chondroid chordoma
- chondrosarcoma
- chordoma
- craniopharyngioma
- malignancy
- myeloma
- neoplasia
- neoplasm
- neoplastic
- nephron-sparing surgery
- oncogene
- sarcoma
- tumour
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