QUESTIONS
- 1.What is your diagnosis?
- a.Basal cell carcinoma.
- b.Squamous cell carcinoma.
- c.Pyogenic granuloma.
- d.Atypical fibroxanthoma.
- e.Amelanotic melanoma.
- a.
- 2.Which of the following is true about having a second basal cell carcinoma (BCC) after having a first BCC?
- a.It is likely to occur within the first year of the original BCC.
- b.It is likely to occur within the second year of the original BCC.
- c.It most commonly occurs in those younger than 40 years old.
- d.It is less common to develop a BCC after the first BCC than after the first squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
- e.It tends to be more likely to metastasize.
- a.
- 3.Which of the following are true?
- a.Age is a factor in skin cancer development.
- b.Having a first BCC increases your risk of having a second BCC to a much greater extent than having a first SCC increases your risk of having a second SCC.
- c.Chronic sun exposure is more highly correlated with SCC than with BCC.
- d.BCCs and SCCs have a distinct predilection to certain anatomic locations.
- e.All of the above.
- a.
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Answers are available as supplementary material at http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jid.2014.542.
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