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Nevus and Skin cancer

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Nevus and Skin cancer

Nevus vs. Skin cancer

Nevus (or nevi if multiple) is a nonspecific medical term for a visible, circumscribed, chronic lesion of the skin or mucosa. Skin cancers are cancers that arise from the skin.

Similarities between Nevus and Skin cancer

Nevus and Skin cancer have 6 things in common (in Unionpedia): Biopsy, Congenital melanocytic nevus, Electrodesiccation and curettage, Melanocytic nevus, Melanoma, Skin.

Biopsy

A biopsy is a medical test commonly performed by a surgeon, interventional radiologist, or an interventional cardiologist involving extraction of sample cells or tissues for examination to determine the presence or extent of a disease.

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Congenital melanocytic nevus

The congenital melanocytic nevus is a type of melanocytic nevus (or mole) found in infants at birth.

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Electrodesiccation and curettage

Electrodesiccation and curettage (EDC, ED & C, or ED+C) is a medical procedure commonly performed by dermatologists, surgeons and general practitioners for the treatment of basal cell cancers and squamous cell cancers of the skin.

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Melanocytic nevus

A melanocytic nevus (also known as nevocytic nevus, nevus-cell nevus and commonly as a mole) is a type of melanocytic tumor that contains nevus cells.

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Melanoma

Melanoma, also known as malignant melanoma, is a type of cancer that develops from the pigment-containing cells known as melanocytes.

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Skin

Skin is the soft outer tissue covering vertebrates.

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Nevus and Skin cancer Comparison

Nevus has 52 relations, while Skin cancer has 94. As they have in common 6, the Jaccard index is 4.11% = 6 / (52 + 94).

References

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