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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.

Previous Definitions:	stage I Merkel cell carcinoma, stage I multiple myeloma, stage I mycosis fungoides and the Sézary syndrome, stage I nasopharyngeal cancer, stage I non-small cell lung cancer
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