In Great Health: Basal Cell Carcinoma and Denial of Progressive Disease in the Elderly

Authors

Yusur Alsalihi, California Health Science UniversityFollow
Alexa Truong, California Health Science UniversityFollow
Patrick Golden, Golden Medical ClinicFollow

Abstract

Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) is the most common skin cancer across the world and occurs predominantly on sun-exposed or sun-damaged skin, particularly on the head, face, and neck. Slow-growing and unremoved lesions can become destructive and progress to the rare Giant Basal Cell Carcinoma subtype that occurs in a very small subset of patients (

Recommended Citation

Alsalihi, Yusur; Truong, Alexa; and Golden, Patrick (2023) "In Great Health: Basal Cell Carcinoma and Denial of Progressive Disease in the Elderly," The Journal of Integrated Primary Care: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 2.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/jipc/vol1/iss1/2