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Revista Información Científica
versión On-line ISSN 1028-9933
Resumen
BORDELOIS-ABDO, José Antonio; LAGOS-ORDONEZ, Kathy Julissa y LOPEZ-MATEUS, Mauricio. Nonmelanoma skin cancer in elderly at nursing homes of Guantanamo from 2017 to 2019. Rev. inf. cient. [online]. 2020, vol.99, n.3, pp. 200-208. Epub 14-Sep-2020. ISSN 1028-9933.
Introduction:
Skin cancer in elderly has not been characterized in Guantanamo.
Objective:
Characterize the patients admitted to the nursing homes "Caridad Jaca" and "San José" in the city of Guantánamo with a diagnosis of skin cancer in the period 2017-2019.
Method:
It was conducted an observational, prospective and cross-sectional study with all the elderly (n=256) with skin cancer (n=15). Studied variables: age, sex, place of birth and lived, personal pathological history, skin phototype, characteristics of the lesion, clinical dermatoscopic and histopathological diagnosis.
Results:
5.9% of the elderly were diagnosed with skin cancer. It was more common in men (53.4%), range age from 60 to 79 (53.4%), were born or lived in urban areas and with skin phototype III (40.0%). 100.0% of the patients were exposed to sunlight, 86.7% without photo-protection means. The cancer was more localized in the face area (66.7%), had between 3 and 4 years of evolution (60.0%) and basal cell carcinoma (46.6%) was the most frequent. Clinical, dermatoscopic and histopathological diagnosis correlation was observed in 80.0 % of the cases.
Conclusions:
The rate of skin cancers in erderly is low, however, more attention is needed to ensure early diagnosis of this disease.
Palabras clave : skin cancer; basal cell carcinoma; epidermoid carcinoma; erderly.