Abstract

ROQUE PEREZ, Lázaro; GONZALEZ ESCUDERO, Mabel  and  PEREZ ACOSTA, Noel David. Some characteristics of skin cancer in patients from Sagua la Grande municipality. Medicentro Electrónica [online]. 2020, vol.24, n.1, pp. 165-173. ISSN 1029-3043.

A cross-sectional descriptive study was aimed at characterizing the prevalence of skin cancer in patients from Sagua la Grande municipality during 2017. The sample included 237 patients with a positive diagnosis of skin cancer who were treated in the dermatology consultation at "Mario Antonio Pérez" and "Idalberto Revuelta" polyclinics. 75.1% of the patients were over 60 years of age; and 53.5% male. 69.6% of the patients were diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma; 58.2% of them with nodular subtype. The most frequent location was the nose (31.2%). The knowledge of this information is necessary to draw up strategies aimed at primary and secondary health prevention that allow facing skin cancer as a health problem.

Keywords : carcinoma, basal cell/epidemiology; carcinoma, squamous cell/epidemiology; melanoma/epidemiology.

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