Identifying Basal Cell Carcinoma

Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of cancer. What is basal cell carcinoma?

Basal cell carcinoma or BCC is the most common form of skin cancer. It can crap up in a variety of ways and sometimes confuse for other skin conditions like melanoma or a mild rash. A BCC tumor will often appear as a smooth round growth that is pearly gray or yellow and may bleed regularly. A pimple like growth with a crusted surface and a thread like boarder is also indicate of a BCC. A basal cell carcinoma can also appear as a scar like growth that spreads rapidly. One of the American film institutes greatest stars of all times actress Elizabeth Taylor is perhaps BCC’s most famous victim. Elizabeth was known for her bathing suit body but her chronic sun habit resulted in a cancer diagnosis in 2002.



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