title: [Results of treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer in a dermatologic practice. A prospective study].
abstract: The study was carried out to determine the results of treatment of a cohort of patients with histologically verified non-melanoma skin cancer diagnosed and followed prospectively for two years in a private practice of dermatology. Throughout the follow-up period, any new non-melanoma skin cancers among this cohort were recorded. Six hundred and forty-six consecutive patients seen in the Dermatology Clinic, Vesterbro 99, Aalborg, Denmark, from July 1, 1990, to June 30, 1993, had a total of 768 tumours that were histologically verified as basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma or Bowen's disease. Six hundred and twenty-eight tumours in 526 patients were treated in our clinic, 91% of these with curettage followed by electrocautery. Hundred and twenty patients with a total of 140 tumours were referred to a local hospital for treatment. Thirty-six of the 508 basal cell carcinomas treated in the clinic recurred during the follow-up period, and one mixed tumour (basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma) recurred. During the follow-up period, 151 new non-melanoma skin cancers were detected. In addition, 10 patients each developed 10 or more new tumours.
authors.affiliation: Hudklinikken, Aalborg.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Veien
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Veien
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hattel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Laurberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*