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Seborrheic keratoses are benign skin growths sometimes referred to as barnacles.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2023

A: Seborrheic keratoses are tan, brown or black skin growths that may be rough.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2022

Ms. Rought said her “rule of thumb” was that 20 percent of actinic keratoses progress to cancer.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2017

There were nevi and keratoses, but no melanomas or carcinomas.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2017

Squamous-cell carcinomas also develop from keratoses on long-exposed areas of the skin, affecting about 100,000 Americans each year.

From Time Magazine Archive