Which of the following clients of an oncologist is likely to have the poorest prognosis?
A)
A 69-year-old man who has been diagnosed with stage IV malignant melanoma
B)
A 70-year-old whose skin cancer has been identified as nodular ulcerative basal cell carcinoma
C)
A 51-year-old women whose biopsy has revealed intraepidermal squamous cell carcinoma
D)
A 59-year-old woman who has invasive squamous cell carcinoma
Ans:
A
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Late detection of malignant melanoma is associated with particularly poor outcomes. Basal cells carcinomas often have strong treatment success rates. While invasive SCC has worse outcomes than intraepidermal SCC, these are both exceeded in mortality by late-stage malignant melanoma.
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