Clinical characterization of patients with basal cell carcinoma

Abstract

Introduction:

Skin cancer represents the most frequent neoplasm worldwide and within them there is an increase in the incidence of basal cell carcinoma, so it is necessary to prevent its development.

Objective:

To describe the clinical characteristics of patients suffering from basal cell carcinoma treated in the dermatology office.

Methods:

A descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective study was carried out in patients who received medical attention by the dermatology specialty at the ¨Luis Li Trigent¨ Polyclinic, from January 2018 to December 2020. The universe was made up of 102 patients suffering from cutaneous skin cancer. A sample of 59 patients diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma was selected through an intentional non-probabilistic sampling. The variables studied were: age, sex, personal history of previous basal cell carcinoma, location, clinical form, and skin phototype. Descriptive statistics procedures were used for each variable by calculating the percentage.

Results:

The group from 70 to 79 years old in the male sex was the one that provided the highest number with 23.7%. 91.6% of the patients had no personal history of skin neoplasia. 81.3% of the patients presented the lesion on the face and 66.2 % presented the ulcerative nodule clinical form. The type II skin phototype occupied
50.8 %.

Conclusions:

There is predominance in the study of men over 70 years of age with type II skin phototype, with the clinical form of ulcerative nodule, and without a personal history of skin cancer.