Open AccessPredisposing factors and histopathological variants of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: Experience from a North Indian teaching hospital
Author(s) -
Geeti Khullar,
Uma Nahar Saikia,
Dipankar De,
Sanjeev Handa,
Bishan Das Radotra
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology, venereology, and leprology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.514
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 0973-3922
pISSN - 0378-6323
DOI - 10.4103/0378-6323.168936
Subject(s) - basal cell carcinoma , medicine , histopathology , skin cancer , pathology , cancer , carcinoma , dermatology , basal cell , biopsy , retrospective cohort study , melanoma , cancer research
Squamous and basal cell carcinomas together constitute the majority of non-melanoma skin cancers. These malignancies are infrequent in Indians as compared to the white skinned population. Literature on squamous cell carcinoma in dark skin is limited.