skin cancer
class of skin illnesses, tumor or cancer of the skin
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Summary
skin cancer is a class of disease[1]. It draws 5,495 Wikipedia views per month (class of disease category, ranking #236 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: integumentary system cancer[3], skin neoplasm[4], skin disease[5]
- Commons category: Skin cancers[6]
- ICPC 2 ID: S77[7]
- Symptoms and signs: skin lesion[8], nodule[9], nevus[10], itch[11], burning sensation[12], ulcer[13]
- Has cause: CMM[14], ultraviolet radiation[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Skin cancer[16]
- Anatomical location: zone of skin[17]
- ICD-9-CM: 173.8[18], 173.9[19]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C2920[20]
- Health specialty: oncology[21], dermatology[22]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: dabrafenib[23], vemurafenib[24], ingenol mebutate[25], vismodegib[26], imiquimod[27], ipilimumab[28], fluorouracil[29]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_4159[30], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:4159[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[32]
- Maintained by WikiProject: Dermatology task force[33], WikiProject Medicine[34]
Why It Matters
skin cancer has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]