Squamous cell carcinoma

The most not unusual motive is too much publicity to ultra-violet mild from the solar or from solar beds. This reasons certain cells (keratinocytes) in one of the layers of the pores and skin (the epidermis) to expand out of manage right into a tumour.

Squamous cell carcinomas can occur on any a part of your frame, but are most commonplace on areas which might be exposed to the sun, consisting of your head and neck (together with the lips and ears) and the backs of your fingers. Squamous cell carcinomas can also crop up wherein the pores and skin has been damaged with the aid of x-rays, and moreover on vintage scars, ulcers, burns and chronic continual wounds. Squamous cell carcinomas are not contagious.