SKIN CANCER

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Meaning:

A malignant neoplasm of the skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("skin cancer" is a kind of...):

carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skin cancer"):

cancroid; squamous cell carcinoma (the most common form of skin cancer)

epithelioma (a malignant tumor of the epithelial tissue)

malignant melanoma; melanoma (any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes)

Clear cell sarcoma of soft tissue has certain markers that are also found on malignant melanoma (a type of skin cancer).

(Clear cell sarcoma of soft tissue, NCI Dictionary)

A system for describing how deep skin cancer has spread into the skin.

(Clark levels, NCI Dictionary)

They are the most common form of skin cancer.

(Basal cell cancer, NCI Dictionary)

A surgical procedure used to treat skin cancer.

(Mohs micrographic surgery, NCI Dictionary)

MR is used to help find the stage of melanoma (a type of skin cancer) and other types of cancer.

(MR, NCI Dictionary)

It turns on a gene that may help stop the growth of skin cancer cells.

(Avage, NCI Dictionary)

A substance being studied in the prevention of skin cancer.

(Myristyl nicotinate cream, NCI Dictionary)

A piece of a protein found only on melanoma (a type of skin cancer) cells.

(Peptide 946, NCI Dictionary)

The drug is also being studied in the treatment of squamous cell and basal cell skin cancers and other types of cancer.

(Aminolevulinic acid, NCI Dictionary)

A drug used to treat early basal cell skin cancer and certain other skin conditions.

(Aldara, NCI Dictionary)