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Field cancerization: Definition, epidemiology, risk factors, and outcomes. — SAQ
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A patient presents with features suggestive of field cancerization: definition, epidemiology, risk factors, and outcomes.. Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a malignant tumour of epidermal keratinocytes arising on a background of chronic ultraviolet damage and field cancerization, evolving through actinic keratos...
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a) What is the most likely diagnosis and what clinical features support it? (2 marks)
b) What investigations would you arrange to confirm the diagnosis? (3 marks)
c) Outline your management plan for this patient. (3 marks)
d) What are the key complications and prognostic factors? (2 marks)