Non-melanoma skin cancers in the Black Sea Region of Turkey

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Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine
Volume:31 Issue:3
Non-melanoma skin cancers in the Black Sea Region of Turkey

Non-melanoma skin cancers in the Black Sea Region of Turkey

Authors : Ethem GÜNEREN, Tale NEIMETZADE, Levent YILDIZ, Onur AKMAN

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Doi:10.5835/jecm.omu.31.03.003

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Publication Date : 2014-11-06

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Skin cancer is common in humans, particularly who are subjected to sun exposure. The aim of this study is to analyse non-melanoma skin cancers in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. The 967 skin cancer lesions in 957 cases were classified according to their histopathological types, localizations, and age and sex distribution. Our findings were consistent with those reported in the literature except for age distribution. Our data indicated that onset of the disease is in younger ages. Regarding malignancy incidence, Black Sea Region has remarkably higher rates than the rest of the country. Our study also has originality and an initiative nature for introducing data of non-melanoma skin malignancy in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. J. Exp. Clin. Med., 2014; 31:161-164
Keywords : Basal cell carcinoma, Black Sea Region of Turkey, basosquamous cell carcinoma, malignancy, non melanoma skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma

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