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Lip CancerAka: Lip Neoplasm, Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Lip

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  1. See Also
    1. Lip Exam
    2. Oral Growth
  2. Pathophysiology
    1. Categorized as a skin cancer
  3. Risk Factors
    1. Prolonged Sun Exposure
    2. Pipe smoking
  4. Symptoms
    1. Recurrent or non-healing Lip Ulcer
  5. Signs
    1. Ulcer with overlying crust
    2. Borders of ulcer are heaped up
  6. Course
    1. Contiguous spread of untreated tumors
  7. Prognosis
    1. Survival: 90% (similar to skin cancers)
  8. References
    1. Diaz in Noble (2001) Primary Care Medicine, p. 1757
    2. Weinberg (2002) Am Fam Physician 65(7):1379

Lip Neoplasms (C0023761)

Definition (MSH)Tumors or cancer of the LIP.
Definition (NCI)A benign or malignant neoplasm involving the lip.
ConceptsNeoplastic Process (T191)
MSHD008048
EnglishLIP NEOPL, Lip Neoplasm, Lip Neoplasms, Lip Tumor, NEOPL LIP, Neoplasm of lip, Neoplasm of the Lip, Tumor of lip, Tumor of the Lip, Tumour of lip
Spanishneoplasia de labio, tumor de labio
Parent ConceptsLip Diseases (C0023760), Mouth Neoplasms (C0026640), Facial Neoplasms (C0015461), Neoplasm of soft tissues of head (C0346123)
SourcesMSH, NCI, NDFRT, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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