Kavita Sarin, MD, PhD, assistant professor of dermatology at Stanford University Medical Center, Redwood, California, and senior author of the study titled “Frequent Basal Cell Cancer Development Is a Clinical Marker for Inherited Cancer Susceptibility,” published in JCI Insight.
Yes, basal cell skin cancers are very common and treatable, but we’re learning that they can be a warning for other, more dangerous types of cancer.