%0 Journal Article
%T Cancer cutaneo em Taubat¨¦ (SP) - Brasil, de 2001 a 2005: um estudo de preval¨ºncia
%A Ferreira
%A Fl¨¢via Regina
%A Nascimento
%A Luiz Fernando C.
%J Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
%D 2008
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia
%R 10.1590/S0365-05962008000400005
%X background: cancer represents the third principal cause of death in brazil. skin is the most frequent location and about 50% of caucasian patients older than sixty years will develop some type of cutaneous cancer. objective: to describe the profile of the individuals with skin cancer assisted at the university hospital of taubat¨¦ in the period between 2001 and 2005. methods: a hospital-based cross-sectional study involving individuals assisted at the dermatology department at the university hospital of taubat¨¦ in the period between january 2001 to december 2005 was performed. study variables were gender, age, skin color, location and clinical type of the tumor: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, combined and melanoma. statistical analyses were performed using qui-square, student£¿s t-test and anova. results: a total of 639 individuals were included in the study. prevalence was 50 cases/100.000 inhabitants. the most prevalent age group was that of individuals older than sixty years of age, gender distribution was higher among females than males (57.2% / 42.8%) and the proportion of white to non-white was of 4:1. conclusion: this study fills a gap that was due to the inexistence of studies in the region and also to the small number of studies in the state of s£¿o paulo, and its results are in accordance with those in the literature.
%K carcinoma
%K basal cell
%K carcinoma
%K squamous cell
%K melanoma
%K skin neoplasms.
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