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stage I nonmelanoma skin cancer (… non-MEH-luh-NOH-muh skin KAN-ser)

 Cancer that forms in squamous cells or basal cells in the skin. The tumor is no more than 2 centimeters.

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Stage I nonmelanoma skin cancer; drawing shows a tumor in the epidermis (outer layer of the skin) that is no more than 2 centimeters wide. Also shown are the dermis (inner layer of the skin) and the subcutaneous tissue below the dermis.

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