Cancer of the day…on the lip

Posted on April 15, 2011 by admin

This is a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) on the lip. Both sun exposure and smoking are major risk factors for SCC on the lip. Treatment usually involves a wedge excision, meaning that a full-thickness, triangular, piece of the lip is removed.

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