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What are the different types of skin cancer?

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Dr. Mike Bowman answered

Specializes in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery

Many!: That's a medical school lecture, if not a whole medical text. The three most common are basal cell, squamous cell and melanoma. Melanoma is by far the most dangerous. Check out www.Melanomafoundation.Org and have any skin lesions which are enlarging or changing checked out.

Answered 11/18/2011

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There are many.: The most common types include: basal cell carcinoma (bcc), squamous cell carcinoma (scc) and melanoma.

Answered 7/2/2015

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Skin cancer : The most common skin cancers are basal cell, squamous cell, and melanoma respectively.

Answered 4/23/2013

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Dr. John Munshower answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Many: There are many types of skin cancer, too numerous to mention here, ..But some common ones are squamus cell and basal cell. Malignant melanoma is more serious. If you have concerns, or suspicious lesions, see a dermatiologist for a thorough skin exam. Best wishes.

Answered 2/24/2023

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Dr. Arthur Balin answered

Specializes in Dermatology

Skin cancer: There are many different types of skin cancer. The three most common types are basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and malignant melanoma. Less common types in 400 characters include merkel cell carcinoma, dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, mycosis fungoides, sebaceous carcinoma, histiocytosis x, liposarcoma, kaposi's sarcoma, angiosarcoma, cancers metastatic to the skin from other parts.

Answered 3/29/2013

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Dr. Travis Kidner answered

Specializes in Surgical Oncology

Yes: There are several different types of skin cancers. The main three are squamous, cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Squamous cell the skin begins as a small nodule and as it enlarges the center becomes necrotic and sloughs and the nodule turns into an ulcer. Basal cell patients present with a shiny, pearly nodule. Melanoma patients have an irregularly appearing pigmented lesion.

Answered 12/10/2013

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