title: Giant basal cell carcinoma of the back.
abstract: Basal cell carcinoma accounts for 65-75 per cent of all skin carcinomas. We describe the case of a basal cell carcinoma of the back that was allowed to grow to a giant size. Even when this size, basal cell carcinomas rarely metastasize.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Canterbury
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Madan
mesh_terms: D001415:Back; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery