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Spontaneous Regression in Basal Cell Carcinomas
Author(s) -
CURSON CATHERINE,
WEEDON DAVID
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1979.tb01166.x
Subject(s) - pathology , basal (medicine) , regression , basal cell carcinoma , biology , basal cell , cell , high power field , medicine , immunohistochemistry , endocrinology , psychology , genetics , insulin , psychoanalysis
Evidence of previous spontaneous regression was found in 6% of 400 randomly selected basal cell carcinomas. A further 14% showed small foci of active regression usually less than 1 high power field in area and characterized by a lymphocytic infiltrate of tumor nests associated with many apoptotic tumor cells. Spontaneous regression of basal cell carcinomas has been paid scant attention in the past.