1. Giant basal cell carcinoma: clinical–histological characteristics of 115 cases
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Alberto Tlacuilo-Parra, Juan Gabriel Barrientos-García, Martha R. Vaca‐Aguilera, and Elizabeth Guevara-Gutiérrez
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Skin Neoplasms ,Dermatology ,Gastroenterology ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,Sex Factors ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Patient age ,Internal medicine ,Prevalence ,medicine ,Carcinoma ,Humans ,Basal cell carcinoma ,Basal cell ,Head and neck ,Mexico ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Skin ,Aged, 80 and over ,Tumor size ,business.industry ,Age Factors ,Cancer ,Retrospective cohort study ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Tumor Burden ,Carcinoma, Basal Cell ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,Neoplasm Grading ,business - Abstract
INTRODUCTION Giant basal cell carcinoma (GBCC) is a tumor ≥5 cm in size, with aggressive biological behavior, that represents 1% of basal cell carcinomas (BCC), and studies regarding it are scarce. Our objective was to investigate the clinical-histopathological characteristics of GBCC and the risk factors associated with its development. METHODS A retrospective study over 8 years included patients with the clinical and histopathological diagnosis of GBCC. Age, sex, localization, size, evolution time, risk factors, and histological variants were compared to conventional BCC. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used, and a value of P more...
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- 2019
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