Age 55 male. Had biopsy to reveal "a broad, flat based proliferation of small, basaloid keratinocytes with focal formation of horn pseudocysts." I received a call from the office of the physician's who ordered the biopsy that it was not cancerous. However, on a couple of web sites, I found statements such as "Basal cell carcinomas arise from keratinocytes near the basal layer and can be referred to as basaloid keratinocytes." What the doctor told me seems at odd with such statements.