1. Burden of basal cell carcinoma in USA
- Author
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Ashfaq A. Marghoob, Elena E Elkin, and Xinyuan Wu
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Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Skin Neoplasms ,Cost effectiveness ,Cost-Benefit Analysis ,Population ,Malignancy ,Epidemiology ,Health care ,medicine ,Humans ,Basal cell carcinoma ,Intensive care medicine ,education ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Incidence ,Public health ,Health Care Costs ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,United States ,Surgery ,Oncology ,Carcinoma, Basal Cell ,Skin cancer ,business - Abstract
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common malignancy diagnosed in the USA and its incidence continues to increase. While BCC is still most prevalent in the older segments of the population, it is becoming ever more frequent in younger individuals. The costs of treatment and morbidity associated with BCCs place a heavy public health and economic burden on patients, their families and the American healthcare system and underscore the importance of efficient management and prevention efforts directed toward this malignancy. In this article, we address economic aspects of BCC using evidence from large-scale epidemiological studies. This information may help clinicians in developing better and more cost-effective methods for dealing with the most common cancer in America and in the world.
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- 2015