title: Spontaneous regression in basal cell carcinomas.
abstract: Evidence of previous spontaneous regression was found in 6% of 400 randomly selected basal cell carcinomas. A further 14% showed small foci of active regression usually less than 1 high power field in area and characterized by a lymphocytic infiltrate of tumor nests associated with many apoptotic tumor cells. Spontaneous regression of basal cell carcinomas has been paid scant attention in the past.
mesh_terms: D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*