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basal-cell carcinoma of the skin

subtype of basal-cell carcinoma most commonly occurring on the sun-exposed areas of the head and neck
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basal-cell carcinoma of the skin

Summary

basal-cell carcinoma of the skin is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of class_of_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,687 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's instance of is recorded as class of disease[3].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin is a type of skin cancer[4].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin is a type of skin carcinoma[5].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin is a type of basal-cell neoplasm[6].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin is a type of disease[7].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's Commons category is recorded as Basal-cell carcinoma[8].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's Commons gallery is recorded as Basaliom[9].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C3784[10].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C7586[11].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C2921[12].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's health specialty is recorded as oncology[13].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's health specialty is recorded as dermatology[14].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as fluorouracil[15].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as sonidegib[16].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as imiquimod[17].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as vismodegib[18].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as solasonine[19].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as imiquimod[20].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's genetic association is recorded as TGM3[21].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's genetic association is recorded as RGS22[22].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's genetic association is recorded as KRT5[23].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's genetic association is recorded as TP53[24].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's genetic association is recorded as MC1R[25].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_2513[26].
  • basal-cell carcinoma of the skin's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:2513[27].

Why It Matters

basal-cell carcinoma of the skin ranks in the top 6% of class_of_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,687 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

dermatology Diane Keaton disease oncology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Drug Indications Extracted from FAERS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Drug Indications Extracted from FAERS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Drug Indications Extracted from FAERS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Inxight: Drugs Database. Retrieved . drugs.ncats.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Inxight: Drugs Database. Retrieved . drugs.ncats.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Midleading · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → BCC
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1813]]: BCC"
  2. 8w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → skin cancer, skin carcinoma, basal-cell neoplasm +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39732|batch #39732]]: rm redundant subclass"
  3. 14w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Medicine
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → skin cancer, skin carcinoma, basal-cell neoplasm +1
    Drug or therapy used for treatment → fluorouracil, sonidegib, imiquimod +3
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21782, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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