A Healthy Slice

doi:10.13016/M23D2G

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But considering the diagnosis—basal cell carcinoma, a common and treatable but still malignant form of skin cancer—and the total cost of paying for my own lab tests and in-office surgery ($477), I figure I got off easy.

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A Healthy Slice

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2009

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Abstract

The scar is barely visible now. For a few weeks after the dermatologist burned off the white bump on my forehead last summer, I had a red dot there, like a slightly off-center bindi. But considering the diagnosis—basal cell carcinoma, a common and treatable but still malignant form of skin cancer—and the total cost of paying for my own lab tests and in-office surgery ($477), I figure I got off easy.

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D. Rudacille

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