Brigham and Women's Hospital tumor classification system for basal cell carcinoma identifies patients with risk of metastasis and death.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2021.01.052
Abstract: IMPORTANCE Despite approximately 4,400 unresectable U.S. cases annually, high-stage basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is ill-defined. OBJECTIVE Develop a tumor (T) staging system for BCC predicting metastasis/death and compare its performance to AJCC 8th edition (AJCC8)… read more here.
Keywords: death; bwh; risk metastasis; basal cell ... See more keywords