PMID: 28511154May 17, 2017Paper

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: epidemiological aspects among the population of Ukraine

Wiadomości lekarskie : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego
Оlena О Оshyvalova, Oleg L Ziukov

Abstract

In the structure of malignant skin neoplasms, the tumours of epithelial origin take the first place, among them the prevalence of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is about 20%. The aim of the work involves the analysis of cSCC epidemiological features among the contingent of the State Scientific Institution "Scientific and Practical Centre of Preventive and Clinical Medicine" of the State Administration (SIS) over 2005-2014 (Ukraine, Kyiv). For retrospective epidemiological analysis there was used identifying information of patients with cSCC of the contingent of SIS over 2005-2014 in comparison with the data on patients with cSCC of Kyiv city and Kyiv region over the same period of time. The morbidity rate of cSCC among the contingent of SIS in 2005-2014 increased from 6.7 per 100,000people to 37.1 per 100,000 people. Among men it increased from 8.2 per 100,000 people to 59.2 per 100,000 people, and among women - from 6.6 per 100,000 people to 19.2 per 100,000people. Among the contingent of SIS the highest incidence both in men and women was observed in the age group of 85 and upwards; among men it was 115.2 per 100,000 people, and among women - 112.0 per 100,000 people. The morbidity rate of cSCC among the contingent ...Continue Reading

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