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Growth rates of epidermoid tumors
Author(s) -
Alvord Ellsworth C.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410020504
Subject(s) - epidermoid carcinoma , basal (medicine) , growth rate , pathology , biology , linear growth , exponential growth , medicine , mathematics , basal cell , endocrinology , geometry , mathematical analysis , insulin
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.