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Nonmelanoma skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, with over 1.3 million cases expected to occur in the year 2001. Approximately 80 percent of nonmelanoma skin cancers are basal-cell carcinomas, and 20 percent are squamous-cell carcinomas.¹ Squamous-cell carcinoma is the second most common cancer among whites.² Unlike almost all basal-cell carcinomas, cutaneous squamous-cell carcinomas are associated with a substantial risk of metastasis.

Incidence

In 1994 in the United States, the lifetime risk of squamous-cell carcinoma was 9 to 14 percent among men and 4 to 9 percent among women.³ Although it is known that this neoplasm contributes . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Causation

Clinical Presentation

Recurrence and Metastasis

Screening and Detection

Prognosis

Treatment

Conclusions

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From the Department of Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Ratner at the Department of Dermatology, Columbia–Presbyterian Medical Center, 161 Fort Washington Ave., 12th Fl., New York, NY 10032, or at dr221@columbia.edu.

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