Volume : IV, Issue : X, October - 2014

Study of skin cancer at outdoor patient department of tertiary care center

Dr. Jigna Barot, Dr. Neela Patel

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Title:Study of skin cancer at outdoor patient department of tertiary care center Introduction: Skin cancer is the most common malignancy in the white population worldwide. The two most common variants are basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) ,the third most frequent skin cancer type, malignant melanoma (MM), Early detection of skin cancers could be very beneficial to decrease their morbidity or mortality.Design: A retrospective study was undertaken to determine the incidence of skin cancer during the period of January 2009 to December 2013 at the Dermatology OPD of tertiary care hospital.Data regarding the patients in which skin malignancy was suspected were collected from biopsy record.Result: These malignancies included 12 cases of basal cell carcinoma, 16 cases of squamous cell carcinoma out of which 14 patient were having oral SCC and 1 cases of malignant melanoma.Conclusion: Incidence of skin cancer is low in Indian population.There is an increase number of patients with oral cavity SCC because of tobacco chewing. Early detection of skin cancer can improve prognosis.

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Dr.Jigna Barot,Dr.Neela Patel Study of Skin Cancer at Outdoor Patient Department of Tertiary Care Center Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue : 10 October 2014

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