Profile of skin cancer in Pomeranian communities of the State of Espírito Santo

Autor: PATRÍCIA HENRIQUES LYRA FRASSON, DANILO SCHWAB DUQUE, ESTANRLEY BARCELOS PINTO, GIULIA CERUTTI DALVI, SAMMY ZOGHEIB MADALON, TARCIZO AFONSO NUNES, PAULO ROBERTO MERÇON DE-VARGAS
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
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Zdroj: Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, Vol 44, Iss 2, Pp 187-193
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1809-4546
0100-6991
DOI: 10.1590/0100-69912017002013
Popis: ABSTRACT Objectives: to evaluate the profile of skin cancer in Pomeranian communities of the State of Espírito Santo, composed of descendants of European immigrants, regarding gender and age at diagnosis, lesion size and histological type. Method: we studied histopathological reports of 3,781 patients operated between 2000 and 2010, with resection of 4,881 lesions. We assessed histological type, lesion size, age and gender of the patients at diagnosis and their correlations in the 11-year period. Results: the histopathological examination revealed basal cell carcinoma in 3,159 patients (83.5%), squamous cell carcinoma in 415 (11%), melanoma in 64 (1.7%), and 143 patients (3.8%) had combined lesions of basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. As to size, 47.1% measured between 5.1 and 10mm. The age group of 61 to 70 years was the one that sustained the largest number of surgical interventions (24.3%). There was a predominance of the female gender (2,027, 53.6%) in relation to the male (1,754, 46.4%). Conclusion: basal cell carcinoma was the most frequent histological type. The prevalences of squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma were below the national estimate of the National Cancer Institute. The diagnosis of tumors occurred at more advanced ages (above 60 years) and there was an increase in the incidence and size of skin tumors in the male population.
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