White skin cancer

To distinguish it from (malignant) melanoma (black skin cancer ), basal cell carcinoma (basalioma) and squamous cell carcinoma (spinalioma) are referred to as white skin cancer (also light skin cancer ) .

This is not a technical term , but a (misleading) lay term that does not take into account that pigmented growths can occasionally occur in basalioma or spinalioma and unpigmented ("a melanotic ") melanoma in black skin cancer . The term is therefore not used in medical terminology ; however, it is used in patient communication.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ What is white skin cancer? Retrieved November 19, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Melanoma malignant amelanotic - P. Altmeyer - Encyclopedia of Dermatology, Venereology, Allergology, Environmental Medicine. Retrieved July 11, 2017 . 

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