title: Prognostic factors for cutaneous squamous cell and basal cell carcinoma. Determinants of risk of recurrence, metastasis, and development of subsequent skin cancers.
abstract: Squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma are the most common cancers in humans. This article discusses general prognostic factors for these nonmelanocytic skin cancers. Anatomic and histologic considerations for both carcinomas are also presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Barksdale
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barnhill
mesh_terms: D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary; D011379:Prognosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*