Tags: Disease.
Basal-cell carcinoma (BCC) a skin cancer is the most common cancer. It rarely metastasizes or kills. However because it can cause significant destruction and disfigurement by invading surrounding tissues it is still considered malignant.Statistically in the United States approximately 3 out of 10 Caucasians may develop a basal-cell cancer within their lifetime. In 80 percent of all cases basal-cell cancers are found on the head and neck.
