Nonmelanoma skin cancer in elderly at nursing homes of Guantanamo from 2017 to 2019
Introduction: skin cancer in elderly has not been characterized in Guantanamo. Objective: characterize the patients admitted to the nursing homes "Caridad Jaca" and "San José" in the city of Guantánamo with a diagnosis of skin cancer in the period 2017-2019. Method: it was co...
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doaj-9e046a0ace4f40f39a2213073976be3f2021-06-02T11:22:17ZspaCentro Editorial Ciencias Médicas: CPICM GuantánamoRevista Información Científica1028-99331028-99332020-09-019932002082074Nonmelanoma skin cancer in elderly at nursing homes of Guantanamo from 2017 to 2019José Antonio Bordelois-Abdo0Kathy Julissa Lagos-Ordoñez1Mauricio López-Mateus2Hospital General Docente “Dr. Agostinho Neto”, GuantánamoHospital Escuela Universitario de HondurasI.P.S. UNIMEDIC S.A.S.Introduction: skin cancer in elderly has not been characterized in Guantanamo. Objective: characterize the patients admitted to the nursing homes "Caridad Jaca" and "San José" in the city of Guantánamo with a diagnosis of skin cancer in the period 2017-2019. Method: it was conducted an observational, prospective and cross-sectional study with all the elderly (n=256) with skin cancer (n=15). Studied variables: age, sex, place of birth and lived, personal pathological history, skin phototype, characteristics of the lesion, clinical dermatoscopic and histopathological diagnosis. Results: 5.9% of the elderly were diagnosed with skin cancer. It was more common in men (53.4%), range age from 60 to 79 (53.4%), were born or lived in urban areas and with skin phototype III (40.0%). 100.0% of the patients were exposed to sunlight, 86.7% without photo-protection means. The cancer was more localized in the face area (66.7%), had between 3 and 4 years of evolution (60.0%) and basal cell carcinoma (46.6%) was the most frequent. Clinical, dermatoscopic and histopathological diagnosis correlation was observed in 80.0 % of the cases. Conclusions: the rate of skin cancers in erderly is low, however, more attention is needed to ensure early diagnosis of this diseasehttp://revinfcientifica.sld.cu/index.php/ric/article/view/2926cáncer de pielcarcinoma basocelularcarcinoma epidermoideadulto mayor |
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José Antonio Bordelois-Abdo Kathy Julissa Lagos-Ordoñez Mauricio López-Mateus Nonmelanoma skin cancer in elderly at nursing homes of Guantanamo from 2017 to 2019 Revista Información Científica cáncer de piel carcinoma basocelular carcinoma epidermoide adulto mayor |
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José Antonio Bordelois-Abdo Kathy Julissa Lagos-Ordoñez Mauricio López-Mateus |
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José Antonio Bordelois-Abdo |
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Nonmelanoma skin cancer in elderly at nursing homes of Guantanamo from 2017 to 2019 |
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Nonmelanoma skin cancer in elderly at nursing homes of Guantanamo from 2017 to 2019 |
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Nonmelanoma skin cancer in elderly at nursing homes of Guantanamo from 2017 to 2019 |
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Nonmelanoma skin cancer in elderly at nursing homes of Guantanamo from 2017 to 2019 |
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Nonmelanoma skin cancer in elderly at nursing homes of Guantanamo from 2017 to 2019 |
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nonmelanoma skin cancer in elderly at nursing homes of guantanamo from 2017 to 2019 |
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Centro Editorial Ciencias Médicas: CPICM Guantánamo |
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Revista Información Científica |
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1028-9933 1028-9933 |
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Introduction: skin cancer in elderly has not been characterized in Guantanamo.
Objective: characterize the patients admitted to the nursing homes "Caridad Jaca" and "San José" in the city of Guantánamo with a diagnosis of skin cancer in the period 2017-2019.
Method: it was conducted an observational, prospective and cross-sectional study with all the elderly (n=256) with skin cancer (n=15). Studied variables: age, sex, place of birth and lived, personal pathological history, skin phototype, characteristics of the lesion, clinical dermatoscopic and histopathological diagnosis.
Results: 5.9% of the elderly were diagnosed with skin cancer. It was more common in men (53.4%), range age from 60 to 79 (53.4%), were born or lived in urban areas and with skin phototype III (40.0%). 100.0% of the patients were exposed to sunlight, 86.7% without photo-protection means. The cancer was more localized in the face area (66.7%), had between 3 and 4 years of evolution (60.0%) and basal cell carcinoma (46.6%) was the most frequent. Clinical, dermatoscopic and histopathological diagnosis correlation was observed in 80.0 % of the cases.
Conclusions: the rate of skin cancers in erderly is low, however, more attention is needed to ensure early diagnosis of this disease |
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cáncer de piel carcinoma basocelular carcinoma epidermoide adulto mayor |
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