{"id":7645,"date":"2020-10-19T13:17:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T11:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dermatim.rs\/?post_type=dermatologija&p=7645"},"modified":"2023-11-14T14:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:59:09","slug":"basal-cell-skin-carcinomabasal-cell-skin-carcinoma","status":"publish","type":"dermatologija","link":"https:\/\/dermatim.rs\/en\/dermatology-in-belgrade\/basal-cell-skin-carcinomabasal-cell-skin-carcinoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Basal-cell Skin Carcinoma"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Basal-cell carcinoma or basalioma<\/strong> is the most common skin tumour, but also the least dangerous and it is almost always cured when it is diagnosed early and treated, but if not treated it destroys the surrounding tissue.\r\nThe appearance of a reddish patch or skin change like a bright or pink node with a scaling crust are often the first observing signs.\r\n\r\n \r\n

What triggers basal cell carcinoma?<\/h2>\r\n The main cause is UV radiation, that is, prolonged exposure to the sun – \u201cthe skin remembers everything\u201d. However, sometimes it can develop on the parts of the body that are rarely or never exposed to the sun. The exposure to some toxic substances, such as arsenic, tar, industrial oil, and radiation can also trigger the disease.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n \r\n
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Who has the highest incidence of basal-cell carcinoma?<\/h2>\r\n \r\n\r\nBlue-eyed and light-skinned people<\/strong> have less melanin, so they are less resistant to the harmful solar radiation.\r\nLong-term exposure to UV radiation<\/strong> \u2014 this type of skin cancer is more common in people who are exposed to the sun for a long time due to work, such as farmers, or on a recreational basis (sunbathing, outdoor sports), in people who often go to tanning salons, as well as in people living in the areas of high UV radiation.\r\nOlder age<\/strong>\u2014 skin cancers<\/a> most often develop after the age of 50. .\r\nHereditary factor<\/strong>\u2014 studies have shown that in patients with basal-cell carcinoma, DNA of certain genes is often damaged, which means that people who have a history of skin cancer in the family are more prone to developing this disease.\r\n\r\n \r\n

Where does basal-cell carcinoma most often appear?<\/h2>\r\n \r\n\r\nMost often it appears on the areas of the skin that are the most exposed to the sun – on the head and neck, on the face, on the trunk, and less often on the hands and feet.\r\n\r\n \r\n

What does basal-cell carcinoma look like?<\/h2>\r\n \r\n\r\nThere are several types of this tumour, so the clinical picture can be different.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nNodular basal-cell carcinoma<\/strong> looks like a pearly white or pink waxy lump with superficial blood vessels that can often be seen on it, gradually growing over time, and a small wound or crust often forms in the middle, which falls off and forms again.\r\nSuperficial basal-cell carcinoma<\/strong> is in the form of thin brown or red patches or plaques on the skin that most often appear on the back or chest. It is easily mistaken for dry skin, eczema, but do not respond to the use of hydrant creams or topical corticosteroids. Patients usually notice that they have a wound that can’t heal.\r\nPigmented<\/strong> basal cell carcinoma looks like darker, black-brown macules that do not heal and it resembles a melanoma.\r\nThere are, also, more forms that rarely occur, such as sclerosing<\/strong> basal cell carcinoma,that has a form of a light and slightly concave scar.\r\n\r\n \r\n

Diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of\r\nbasal-cell carcinoma<\/h2>\r\n \r\n\r\nDiagnosis is made based on a clinical and dermoscopic examination, as well as pathohistological findings.\r\nEven though it grows slowly and very rarely metastases develop, it can recur (reappear in the same place after removal). Its growth is both locally infiltrative and destructive, so the treatment consisting of surgical removal<\/strong> or, less often, of some other type of local destructive treatment is mandatory.\r\nThe prognosis is good after complete surgical removal of the lesion.\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Basal-cell carcinoma or basalioma is the most common skin tumour, but also the least dangerous<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-7645","dermatologija","type-dermatologija","status-publish"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dermatim.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dermatologija\/7645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dermatim.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dermatologija"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dermatim.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dermatologija"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dermatim.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dermatim.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dermatim.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}