squamous cell carcinoma
Sign in to saveAlso known as Signet-ring-cell squamous-cell carcinoma, squamous-cell cancer, SCC, SqCC, epidermoid carcinoma, squamous-cell epithelioma, squamous-cell carcinoma, malignant squamous cell tumor
carcinoma that derives from squamous epithelial cells
Research
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma.jpg
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- health specialty
- oncology
- Commons category
- Squamous-cell carcinomas
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C2929
- afflicts
- squamous epithelial cell
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- solasonine
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1749
- risk factor
- smoking
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- WikiProject Medicine
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Encyclopedic overview
Main histopathology features of squamous-cell carcinoma Squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC), also known as epidermoid carcinoma, comprises a number of different types of cancer that begin in squamous cells. These cells form on the surface of the skin, on the lining of hollow organs in the body, and on the lining of the respiratory and digestive tracts.
The squamous-cell carcinomas of different body sites can show differences in their presented symptoms, natural history, prognosis, and response to treatment.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “squamous cell carcinoma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.