Squamous cell carcinoma/Definition

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A carcinoma derived from stratified squamous epithelial cells. It may also occur in sites where glandular or columnar epithelial cells are normally present.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Squamous cell carcinoma (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.