Changing Trends of Skin Cancer: A Tertiary Care Hospital Study in Malwa Region of Punjab
| Autor: | Sonal Tina Lal, Raja Paramjeet Singh Banipal, Deepak John Bhatti, Hanuman Prasad Yadav |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 10, Iss 6, Pp PC12-PC15 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |
| DOI: | 10.7860/JCDR/2016/18487.8051 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Skin cancer constitutes a small but significant proportion of patients with cancer. Although the presence of eumelanin in dark skin is protective against the development of skin cancer, it is increasingly being diagnosed in the Indian population. Aim: To study the profile of skin cancer patients presenting to a tertiary hospital in Malwa area of Punjab, India. Materials and Methods: Retrospective study was done to analyse the profile of skin cancer patients who attended the institution over one year from 1st December 2013 to 30th November 2014. A comprehensive review of aetiology and related risk factors was done to correlate the environmental factors with high skin cancer prevalence in this region. Results: Skin cancer constituted (3.18%) 84 out of 2638 patients registered with cancer of all types. The age of the patients was 62±14.2 years and ranged from 27 to 92 yrs. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) was the most common histological type(46/84, 54.76%) followed by squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) (31/84, 36.91%) and malignant melanoma (MM) (7/84, 8.33%). Male: female ratio was found to be 0.79:1. BCC showed higher female preponderance (p |
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