basal
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Non-melanoma cancers like basal and squamous cell are more common but usually less likely to spread or be fatal, he said.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025
It may also account for the unusual composition of the large low-shear-velocity provinces and ultra-low-velocity zones, which the scientists interpret as the cooled remains of a "basal magma ocean" altered by core-derived material.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025
They tracked each patient's next diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma or cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
From Science Daily • Oct. 20, 2025
The Skin Cancer Foundation says BCC most commonly occurs when extended exposure to ultraviolet radiation, from the sun or tanning beds, causes DNA damage and uncontrollable growth of basal cells.
From Salon • Sep. 2, 2025
Bear in mind we are not office workers, sitting around idling at the basal metabolic rate.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Vocabulary lists containing basal
The Lives of a Cell
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