Prevalence of benign, precancerous and malignant skin tumors in the elderly population in Mugla

Prevalence of benign, precancerous and malignant skin tumors in the elderly population in Mugla

We sought to investigate the prevalence of skin tumors in Mugla, which has a Mediterranean climate and a high population of elderly people. This was a cross-sectional study conducted on patients, 65 years old and older, who consulted at our dermatology outpatient clinics between January 2014 and Jan...

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Main Authors: Asude Kara Polat, Emine Tugba Alatas, Asli Akin Belli, Gursoy Dogan, Metin Picakciefe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society of TURAZ AKADEMI 2018-03-01
Series:Medicine Science
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Aged
prevalence
skin tumors
Online Access:http://www.ejmanager.com/fulltextpdf.php?mno=270796
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spelling doaj-fdd8e67e4a3c41368bfad2bbbdbf390b2020-11-24T21:49:11ZengSociety of TURAZ AKADEMI Medicine Science2147-06342018-03-0171697210.5455/medscience.2017.06.8686270796Prevalence of benign, precancerous and malignant skin tumors in the elderly population in MuglaAsude Kara Polat0Emine Tugba AlatasAsli Akin BelliGursoy DoganMetin PicakciefeIstanbul Training and Research Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Istanbul, Turkey Mugla Sitki Kocman University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Mugla, Turkey Mugla Sitki Kocman University Training and Research Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Mugla, TurkeyWe sought to investigate the prevalence of skin tumors in Mugla, which has a Mediterranean climate and a high population of elderly people. This was a cross-sectional study conducted on patients, 65 years old and older, who consulted at our dermatology outpatient clinics between January 2014 and January 2015. Diagnoses of the patients were obtained and retrospectively evaluated from the electronic medical records of the hospital. Of 2297 geriatric patients, 50.8% were females and 49.2% were males. Of these patients, 12% had actinic keratosis, 5.4% had seborrheic keratosis, 2.1% had basal cell carcinoma, 0.8% had squamous cell carcinoma, and 0.1% had malignant melanoma. In patients [Med-Science 2018; 7(1.000): 69-72]http://www.ejmanager.com/fulltextpdf.php?mno=270796Agedprevalenceskin tumors
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author Asude Kara Polat
Emine Tugba Alatas
Asli Akin Belli
Gursoy Dogan
Metin Picakciefe
spellingShingle Asude Kara Polat
Emine Tugba Alatas
Asli Akin Belli
Gursoy Dogan
Metin Picakciefe
Prevalence of benign, precancerous and malignant skin tumors in the elderly population in Mugla
Medicine Science
Aged
prevalence
skin tumors
author_facet Asude Kara Polat
Emine Tugba Alatas
Asli Akin Belli
Gursoy Dogan
Metin Picakciefe
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title Prevalence of benign, precancerous and malignant skin tumors in the elderly population in Mugla
title_short Prevalence of benign, precancerous and malignant skin tumors in the elderly population in Mugla
title_full Prevalence of benign, precancerous and malignant skin tumors in the elderly population in Mugla
title_fullStr Prevalence of benign, precancerous and malignant skin tumors in the elderly population in Mugla
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of benign, precancerous and malignant skin tumors in the elderly population in Mugla
title_sort prevalence of benign, precancerous and malignant skin tumors in the elderly population in mugla
publisher Society of TURAZ AKADEMI
series Medicine Science
issn 2147-0634
publishDate 2018-03-01
description We sought to investigate the prevalence of skin tumors in Mugla, which has a Mediterranean climate and a high population of elderly people. This was a cross-sectional study conducted on patients, 65 years old and older, who consulted at our dermatology outpatient clinics between January 2014 and January 2015. Diagnoses of the patients were obtained and retrospectively evaluated from the electronic medical records of the hospital. Of 2297 geriatric patients, 50.8% were females and 49.2% were males. Of these patients, 12% had actinic keratosis, 5.4% had seborrheic keratosis, 2.1% had basal cell carcinoma, 0.8% had squamous cell carcinoma, and 0.1% had malignant melanoma. In patients [Med-Science 2018; 7(1.000): 69-72]
topic Aged
prevalence
skin tumors
url http://www.ejmanager.com/fulltextpdf.php?mno=270796
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