The mutations observed showed the patterns associated with the most common and treatable form of skin cancer linked to sun exposure, known
as cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, rather than melanoma, a rarer and sometimes fatal form of skin cancer.
Fragile skin that blisters easily: 90 percent of the patients that suffer from the skin condition recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) develop rapidly
progressing cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas, a type of skin cancer, by the age of 55.
Additionally, an extensive loss of its nuclear localization was observed in
cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) compared with normal squamous cells.
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas are known to advance quickly into tumors and resist healing with time.
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas are tumors of older dogs, with bloodhounds, basset bounds, and standard poodles at greatest risk.