Abstract
The variations in the natural course of skin cancer are discussed in detail. Basal cell carcinoma (when properly classified) and squamous cell carcinoma have a reasonably predictable course; malignant melanoma and mycosis fungoides do not. Histological examination may not provide sufficient evidence on which to base a prognosis concerning a particular tumour; clinical evaluation may be of much greater value. The different rates of growth of any one tumour appear to be more closely related to host factors than to tumour virulence.
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