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Confused about Cutaneous vs sub cutaneous tumors

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    • February 1, 2011 at 7:15 pm
    killmel
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      Good day,

      I am new & trying to learn.

      Please tell me the difference between a cutaneous tumor vs sub cutaneous tumors.

      Thank you for your help.

      MiMi

      Good day,

      I am new & trying to learn.

      Please tell me the difference between a cutaneous tumor vs sub cutaneous tumors.

      Thank you for your help.

      MiMi

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        • February 1, 2011 at 7:50 pm
        LynnLuc
        Participant

          II am thinking people use the word cutaneous interchanably with the epidermis and subcutaneous for the cancers that spead to the dermis (under the skin)… but definition wise cutaneous just means relating to the skin…the skin being a major organ.  Just a guess…my days of having it  just on the  top of my skin are behind me…I would say a freckle is a freckle ( when sitting on my skin)  but a freckle with roots is melanoma ( in my skin) ! wink

          • February 1, 2011 at 7:50 pm
          LynnLuc
          Participant

            II am thinking people use the word cutaneous interchanably with the epidermis and subcutaneous for the cancers that spead to the dermis (under the skin)… but definition wise cutaneous just means relating to the skin…the skin being a major organ.  Just a guess…my days of having it  just on the  top of my skin are behind me…I would say a freckle is a freckle ( when sitting on my skin)  but a freckle with roots is melanoma ( in my skin) ! wink

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